“Andrea Bocelli meets Luther Vandross,” is how Toronto musician Mark Masri describes his sound.
Posted on August 17, 2010 in Media
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2710707
Come and experience a LIVE Mark Masri concert on August 21, 8:30pm at MusicFest “Festival of Lights Peterborough, ON”. Visit www.festivaloflights.ca for details!!!
Posted on August 16, 2010 in Uncategorized
Sous le charme de Mark Masri
Posted on July 13, 2010 in Media via culturils
Ce jeune torontois s’est offert rien de moins que les Plaines pour son baptême de la scène à Québec !
Ce chanteur populaire lyrique, marche dans les pas des Josh Groban ou Andréa Bocceli et autres Il Divo de ce monde. Il nous présente d’ailleurs, un nouvel album depuis cette semaine.
Ouvrant son tour de charme avec « Con Te Partiro / Time To Say Goodbye », il a enchaîné avec des chansons en anglais, en espagnol (une reprise de « Fragile » de Sting) ou même en français. Assis au piano, il s’en est allé d’un « Caruso » bien senti et apprécié, qui lui valut une première ovation.
Offrant un répertoire gagnant de chansons connues, il a facilement séduit la foule. Il est vrai que le jeune homme est plutôt beau garçon. Mais malgré une expérience de scène passablement débutante, il offre néanmoins une technique vocale correcte, sans grandes surprises. C’est ainsi que, malgré quelques pépins techniques (retour de son), il a visiblement réussi à séduire les spectateurs. Autres bons moments, un semi-a cappella de « Nessun Dorma» de Puccini, belle réinterprétion de « Fix You» de Coldplay et une version hispanophone de « First Time I Ever Saw Your Face » de Roberta Flack.
Opération-charme en marche, il est même revenu sur scène arborant un chandail des Nordiques de Québec, tout en se rendant embrasser des spectatrices en première rangée…
Il n’en demeure pas moins, que le bel adonis, aura à continuer à prendre de l’expérience de scène et trouver sa « voix », s’il veut véritablement se démarquer de cette meute de jeunes loups !
Reportage-photos: Lara Fabian séduit les festivaliers
Posted on July 11, 2010 in Media via Québec Hebdo
par Isabelle Chabot
Quelques milliers de personnes ont assisté au spectacle de Lara Fabian hier soir sur les plaines d’Abraham. Accompagnée de six musiciens et de trois choristes, la chanteuse à la voix puissante à présenté des pièces de son nouvel album Toutes les femmes en moi lancé à l’automne prochain. Bien sûr, la foule a pu entendre quelques succès de la diva par exemple Si tu m’aimes et J’y crois encore. Read more
Mark Masri to headline in Peterborough at the Festival of Lights on Saturday August 21st.
Posted on July 7, 2010 in News
Musicfest Concerts are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays in Del Crary Park in downtown Peterborough during the summer months.
http://www.festivaloflights.ca/
Concerts begin at 8:30 pm.† Admission is free.† Please bring a lawn chair or rent one for $3.00 (limited number available to rent). Also, check out our Fest Friends section for information on how you can get special “VIP” seats in front of the stage!
Mark Masri will open for Lara Fabian at Festival D’ete Bell Stage -Plains des Abraham, QC – Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 8pm!
Posted on July 7, 2010 in News
Mark Masri to open for Lara Fabian
A one hour show in French, English, Italian and Spanish
CLICK HERE for ticket information www.infofestival.com
Toronto Native Mark Masri Set to Release New Album
Posted on July 7, 2010 in Media via Orchard Park Press
by Melanie Hulick
Things could not be going any better for singer-songwriter Mark Masri. His Christ- mas album, “Christmas is…” is a top seller, he is currently touring with Jim Brickman on the Beautiful World Christmas tour and his much-anticipated new album, “La Voce” will be released in January.
I first heard Masri live in June at Falls- view Casino Resort during the tapings of Jim Brickman’s Beautiful World PBS Specials. To say I was blown away is an understatement. When Masri took the stage and proceeded to start the Italian opera song, “Caruso,” there seemed to be a collective gasp and a look of surprised wonderment on the faces of everyone in the audience, including myself. Read more
Singer Mark Masri and Amy Sky combine their talents for a new album — and for a show in cottage country
Posted on June 17, 2010 in Media via National Post
When Canadian musical talents Mark Masri and Amy Sky take the stage together at the Algonquin Theatre in Huntsville this July 3, it will mark the culmination of a seven-year collaborative journey. It will also be the first time these two vocal powerhouses have ever performed live together in concert.
Since meeting in 2003, the two Canadian singer-songwriters have been working on what has become Masri’s soon-to-be released album, La Voce, due out June 29. That initial introduction seven years ago could not have come at a better time for both artists. Read more
The versatile voice of Mark Masri Toronto singer is poised for international success
Posted on May 9, 2010 in Media via Tandem
by Kerry Doole
At first glance, it’s easy to assume that rising young Canadian vocal star Mark Masri is of Italian descent. After all, his new CD is entitled La Voce, he sings numbers like Lucio Dalla’s “Caruso,” “Ce Sempre Musica,” and “Buongiorno Principessa” in very fluent Italian, and he’s dressed fashionably in Hugo Boss.
In his recent Tandem interview, Masri sets the record straight, He was born and raised in Pickering, and educated in Scarborough, where, he recalls, “I was likely the only lighter-skinned person in my class. My father is Lebanese and my mother is from an Anglo, Scottish and Dutch mix, so I’ve been exposed to many different cultural influences in my life. Then I married an Italian woman, and I have become very close to the Italian language because of my wife’s family. They’re always speaking Italian, so I had to learn to understand enough to find out enough of what they were saying about me. It was more of a defense mechanism!” Masri laughs. “I do love the European approach to fashion and the passion contained in their music and their whole approach to life.” Read more
