Diana Krall

On April 14, 2026, Diana Krall plays Massey Hall, 178 Victoria Street, Toronto. Pianist and singer born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, she found her way early at the keyboard before heading to Boston to study at Berklee on a scholarship. In Los Angeles, bassist Ray Brown nudged her toward the trio format and the Great American Songbook, a direction that shaped her first recordings in the 1990s and the albums All for You and Love Scenes. With When I Look in Your Eyes, The Look of Love and the live set recorded in Paris, she built a sound that balances swing, slow ballads and a measured sense of space.

Her writing side surfaced with The Girl in the Other Room, co-written with Elvis Costello, and she has since moved between standards projects and broader pop-jazz explorations, from Quiet Nights and Turn Up the Quiet to a collaboration with Tony Bennett and the reflective This Dream of You. On stage, Krall leads from the piano with an understated groove and a warm, low register, drawing the room into songs that travel from Cole and Porter to bossa nova corners and newer material.