Maryem Tollar

Maryem Tollar is a renowned Egyptian-Canadian vocalist, known for her world music performances. She composed the music for the song Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind for Canadian Stage’s production of As You Like It, directed by Anand Rajaram in 2022. She was nominated for a 2010 Dora Award for outstanding cast in Nine Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo; and was in the 2009 Dora Award winning production of R. Murray Shafer’s opera The Children’s Crusade, playing the role of Ariana. Her voice has been heard CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie and A.R. Rahman’s Bollywood hit, Mayya Mayya. She performs with several Toronto musical groups including: Al Qahwa and Turkwaz. Maryem was awarded the inaugural 2019 Johanna Metcalf Prize for Performing Arts.