Event Description
IAN MAKSIN in KINGSTON: "Songs of the Vagabond Cello 2025"
May 23, 2025 at 7:00 pm
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 263 Victoria st., Kingston ON, Canada
LIMITED TIME OFFER: GENERAL ADMISSION IS ONLY $33 (tax included!) before MAY 1 (38$ thereafter) BOOK TODAY!
Front two rows reserved - $45 /Student (with valid ID) - $20 / Youth (age 8-15) - $15
In this amazing musical voyage across time and space in 37 languages, Maksin will take you across the Sahara deserts and Mongolian steppes, the mountains of the Balkans and the Caucasus, and the shores of the Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean Sea alike. He magically connects some of the most diverse elements of world music into a unique fusion, using his cello as the unifying force. Using loop pedal and other electronics, he augments the sound of his instrument into an entire cello orchestra creating a one-of-a-kind listening experience. Besides performing his original instrumental music, Ian Maksin currently has over 250 songs in 37 languages in his musical collection including French, Italian, Farsi, Turkish, Kurmanji, Arabic, Ukrainian, Spanish and many others.
Official website: ianmaksin.com
Instagram: instagram.com/ianmaksin
Facebook: facebook.com/cellomaxx
YouTube: youtube.com/ianmaksin
BREAKING BOUNDARIES both musical and geographical, cellist, composer and multilingual vocalist IAN MAKSIN has created his own unique style by blending elements of different genres and traditional music from around the globe in a new way using his cello as the main unifying force.
ONE-MAN ORCHESTRA: In addition to cello, he used an electronic device called the loop pedal, which allows him to create "loops" or layers by recording and replaying his own playing in real time.