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Pablo Cardenas presents A Night to Oscar Peterson celebrating his 100th Birthday!

Fri. October 24th 2025 Hermann's Jazz Club Victoria BC $30

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Pablo Cardenas presents A Night to Oscar Peterson celebrating his 100th Birthday!

Special celebration! World-class Cuban pianist Pablo Cardenas plays a tribute to...
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Fri. October 24th 2025 + Add to Calendar Hermann's Jazz Club (All Ages)
7:00pm - 9:00pm  Doors at: 5:30pm $30 plus fees/tax walk-ins welcome

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Arts On View Society
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753 View Street Victoria BC
since 2016

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Nov. 28, 2025 7:00 PM doors at 5:30 PM

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Special celebration! World-class Cuban pianist Pablo Cardenas plays a tribute to Canadian legend Oscar Peterson, celebrating Oscar's 100th birthday this year. He will be interpreting his most famous and beloved pieces. Joining Pablo's band, Peter Dowse, bass, Cyril Lojda, drums, Leif Bradshaw, vocals, and guests' surprises.

In a career spanning more than 60 years, Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson released over 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time and continues to inspire and challenge new generations of jazz musicians.

Pablo Cardenas is a Cuban Jazz pianist, composer, music educator, and arranger with different influences like Afro-Cuban, Latin jazz, jazz fusion, modern jazz, classical, and more. He studied classical performance at the Superior Institute of Arts in Havana, Cuba. Since the 2000s, he has been performing in music festivals in Havana and internationally. He has been residing in Canada since 2011, where he created different music projects as The West Coast Cuban Orchestra, highly contributing to the development of the Afro-Cuban music and jazz scene in the area, performing at the most important venues and festivals around, and collaborating with many accomplished musicians like Canadian treasures Dee Daniels and Denzal Sinclair. Pablo has also been collaborating with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra in recent years.

Line up:
Peter Dowse bass
Cyril Lojda drums
Nicolas Marquez congas

Special guests:
Andrew Greenwood Saxophone
Leif Bradshaw vocals

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Hermann's Jazz Club
753 View Street
Restaurant / Cafe / Pub
Capacity150
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Pablo Cardenas presents A Night to Oscar Peterson celebrating his 100th Birthday! - Nov 8th @ Hermann's Jazz Club

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