Reimundo Sosa is a Juno Award-nominated Cuban-born percussionist, composer, and educator based in Toronto. Born in Havana, he began playing percussion at age six and developed extensive training in Cuban folkloric music, Rumba, and Bata drumming.
Since moving to Canada in 2009, Reimundo has toured extensively across Canada and the United States, collaborating with renowned artists including Jane Bunnett, Hilario Durán, Chucho Valdés, Femi Kuti, David Virelles, and Horacio “El Negro” Hernández. He also performed at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto and continues to contribute to the growth and preservation of Afro-Cuban music and percussion.
Program
Opening Weekend Performance: Konvwa libèté by Raphaël Barontini
Artist Raphaël Barontini brings a celebratory, carnival-style street parade to the University of Toronto campus, in collaboration with artists from Toronto-based Bongo & B Entertainment and Ballet Creole. Blending percussion, indigo costumes, banners, and flags, this parade honours historical figures of anti-enslavement resistance while celebrating contemporary Caribbean traditions of emancipation. The parade takes place – […]
September 26, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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