We’re happy to host the return of Billboard Chart Toppers & 6x CFMA winners SULTANS OF STRING! < /span>
\nLed by Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient Chris Mc Khool\, these Billboard chart-toppers are an “energetic and exciting band with talent to burn!” (Maverick Magazine UK). Thrilling their aud iences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels\, Django-jazz\, F lamenco and Middle Eastern rhythms\, Sultans of String celebrate musical f usion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity. Fiery violin dances with rumba-flamenco guitar\, while bass and nyckelharpa lay down unstoppa ble grooves. Throughout\, acoustic strings meet electronic wizardry to cre ate layers and depth of sound.
\nTogether their music tells stories of Canada featuring such majestic sights as the wild horses of Sable Islan d\; Luna\, the orca off the West coast\; a sunrise in the Arctic Circle’s Auyuittuq Park\, an East Coast kitchen party\, and more!
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McKhool comes by global music through deep ties to his ancestry – his fat her’s name would have been pronounced Makhoul in ancestral Kfirmi shki Lebanon\, and his Egyptian-born mother happened to play piano\, teach classical theory and feed her young son as much music instruction as she did Middle Eastern cuisine. From there\, the powerful violinist developed a taste for multi-genre string sounds and found a like-minded crew of all- world enthusiasts. When McKhool first heard the rumba rhythm of founding g uitarist Kevin Laliberté (Jesse Cook)\, their musical synergy created Sult ans of String’s signature sound – the intimate and playful relationship be tween violin and guitar. From this rich foundation\, the dynamic duo grew\ , featuring such amazing musical friends as the virtuosic nyckelharpa play ing of Saskia Tomkins (Celtic music consultant for the Broadway hit Co me From Away).
\nEqually at home in a concert hall\, folk and j azz club or festival setting\, the Sultans have gigged at JUNOfest\, the l egendary club Birdland in New York\, Celtic Connections Festival (Glasgow) and London’s Trafalgar Square. They have sold out Koerner Hall three time s and performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. They have played live on CBC’s Canada Live\, BBC Radio\, BBC TV\, Irish National Radio\, and th e syndicated World Café\, Woodsongs\, and SiriusXM in Washington. Sultans of String’s musicianship and versatility are also showcased in collaborati ons with such diverse luminaries as Paddy Moloney & The Chieftains\, Sweet Honey in The Rock\, Richard Bona (Paul Simon)\, Alex Cuba\, Béla Fleck\, Crystal Shawanda & Ken Whiteley. Their most recent collaboration “Walking Through The Fire” features the outstanding artistry of Indigenous artists across Turtle Island including Dr. Duke Redbird\, Shannon Thunderbird\, M arc Meriläinen and more\, earning them 3 CFMA nominations and the Cannes W orld Film Festival win for their Film rendition\, earning Best Musical Fil m and Best Soundtrack.
\n“Dazzles with inventiveness!”
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\n“Chris McKhool and
the boys are fantastic!”
Bob Ezrin (Producer\, Pink Floyd. Peter Gabriel)
\n“Your set was sensational. Loved it.”
\n(The Late) Peter Yarrow (Peter\, Paul & Mary)
\n“Sultans of String are one of Canada’s hottest musical exports\, dynami cally embodying their homeland’s values of tolerance and respect for diver se cultures.“
\nCeltic Connections\, Glasgow UK
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Chris McKhool has an Egyptian-born mother who happened to play the piano\, teach classical theory\, and feed her yo ung son as much Middle Eastern cuisine as she did music lessons. From ther e\, the powerful violinist developed a taste for multi-genre string sounds and found a like-minded crew of all-world enthusiasts. When McKhool first heard founding guitarist Kevin Laliberté’s (Jesse Cook) rumba rhythm\, their musical synergy created Sultans of String’s signature sound—the intimate and playful relationship between violin and guitar. Fr om this rich foundation\, the dynamic duo grew\, featuring such amazing mu sical friends as nyckelharpa player Saskia Tomkins.
\nEqually at home in a concert hall\, folk and jazz club or f estival setting\, the Sultans have gigged at JUNOfest\, the legendary club Birdland in New York\, Celtic Connections Festival (Glasgow) and London’s Trafalgar Square. They have sold out Koerner Hall three times\, performed with the Toronto\, Vancouver\, and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras. They hav e played live on CBC’s Canada Live\, BBC Radio\, BBC TV\, Irish National R adio\, and the syndicated World Café\, Woodsongs\, and SiriusXM in Washing ton. Sultans of String’s musicianship and versatility are also showcased i n collaborations with such diverse luminaries as Paddy Moloney & The Chief tains\, Sweet Honey in The Rock\, Richard Bona (Paul Simon)\, Alex Cuba\, Rubén Blades\, Yasmin Levy\, Benoit Bourque\, Béla Fleck\, Crystal Shawand a and Ken Whiteley.
\nLearn more about this multi-award w inning group on their website.< /strong>
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RECENT AWARDS:
\n• 2026 JUNO nomination – Chil
dren’s Album of the Year – for Chris McKhool
\n• 2025 Burlington Key
To The City presented to Chris McKhool
\n• 2025 Canadian Folk Music
Awards – nominated Ensemble of the Year with Walking Through The Fire
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Tick ets: https://www.universe.com/events/su ltans-of-string-tickets-C612L7.
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