# Oktoecho

Ensemble · Montréal, QC

Oktoecho is a Montréal world-music ensemble led by composer Katia Makdissi-Warren, bringing Middle Eastern, Western, Indigenous, classical, and contemporary practices into original collaborative works.

## Links

- [Official site](https://www.oktoecho.com/)
- [Bandcamp](https://oktoecho.bandcamp.com/)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vMSIZwVfNNGRRaNgkpvhP)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/oktoecho)

## Sources

- [Current artist-controlled Oktoecho site connecting the ensemble's styles, artistic direction, current awards, projects, videos, and professional surfaces](https://www.oktoecho.com/) — 2026-07-17
- [Artist-controlled biography explicitly identifying Oktoecho as founded in 2001, currently based in Montréal, resident at Maison de la culture Ahuntsic, variable in size, directed by Katia Makdissi-Warren, and active across original Quebec work, recordings, soundtracks, tours, collaborations, and awards](https://www.oktoecho.com/%C3%A0-propos) — 2026-07-17
- [Current artist-controlled team page documenting artistic direction, co-artistic leadership, rotating musicians and artists, production, communications, booking, and technical roles](https://www.oktoecho.com/lequipe) — 2026-07-17
- [Current artist-controlled 2026 programming page documenting active Montréal performances at Maison de la culture Ahuntsic, Parc Marcelin-Wilson, and Fort-Lorette](https://www.oktoecho.com/a-venir) — 2026-07-17
- [Artist-controlled contact page used only as a professional inquiry route and current Montréal-base corroboration; direct details and the public office address are intentionally omitted](https://www.oktoecho.com/contact) — 2026-07-17
- [Artist-controlled Transcestral project page documenting the twenty-four-artist Sufi and Indigenous collaboration, source traditions, 2022 release, Global Music Awards, Prix Opus results, and 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award recognition](https://www.oktoecho.com/transcestral) — 2026-07-17
- [Official Ville de Montréal event record documenting current July 2026 Transcestral performances and the project's Indigenous and Sufi music and dance framing](https://montreal.ca/en/events/transcestral-oktoecho-46116) — 2026-07-17
- [Current professional award report documenting Oktoecho's 2026 Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries win for Saimaniq Sivumut](https://www.ludwig-van.com/montreal/2026/05/05/nouvelle-saimaniq-simuvut-doktoecho-remporte-le-prix-pour-linnovation-musicale-aux-canadian-folk-music-awards/) — 2026-07-17
- [Professional Canadian Folk Music Awards report naming Oktoecho as the 2023 Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award winner](https://www.rootsmusic.ca/2023/04/02/here-are-your-2023-canadian-folk-music-award-winners-from-sunday-night/) — 2026-07-17
- [Professional 2024 Prix Opus results documenting Transcestral as World Music Concert of the Year and Katia Makdissi-Warren as Composer of the Year](https://www.ludwig-van.com/montreal/2024/02/05/gala-des-prix-opus-au-27e-gala-des-prix-opus-une-grande-variete-de-laureats-et-un-hommage-incontournable/) — 2026-07-17
- [Current artist-controlled Bandcamp profile identifying Montréal, Quebec and the same Middle Eastern, Western, and Indigenous musical-fusion identity](https://oktoecho.bandcamp.com/) — 2026-07-17
- [Exact Spotify artist 7vMSIZwVfNNGRRaNgkpvhP with provider media and seven collision-reviewed principal album and single containers in the Canadian market](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vMSIZwVfNNGRRaNgkpvhP) — 2026-07-17
- [Exact Spotify Saimaniq Sivumut sixteen-track album dated November 6, 2024 with Oktoecho and UPC 196429676862](https://open.spotify.com/album/6szTMOo1qmGzOonW72f2Ab) — 2026-07-17
- [Exact Spotify Transcestral ten-track album dated January 21, 2022 with Oktoecho and UPC 196429392410](https://open.spotify.com/album/2TE5U2HV77d7yIXIn3bP78) — 2026-07-17
- [Exact Spotify Saimaniq eleven-track album dated May 18, 2018 with Cross Current Music and UPC 0623339220408](https://open.spotify.com/album/0QDfrpQ2WrXQOWG82To2hJ) — 2026-07-17
- [Exact Spotify 5e route bleue ten-track album dated November 29, 2010 with Oktoecho and UPC 620675211503](https://open.spotify.com/album/7aADsGsCFHRNlVA0DecWsc) — 2026-07-17
- [Exact Spotify Reaching for the High Notes: At The Top - Burj Khalifa fourteen-track soundtrack album dated January 4, 2010 with Oktoecho and UPC 6295000000035](https://open.spotify.com/album/0PNV5zP89GEDngek23DMfF) — 2026-07-17
- [Exact Spotify Oktoecho eleven-track album dated May 26, 2009 with Oktoecho and UPC 620675210759](https://open.spotify.com/album/6yF3bsxGTCaiZRjD1z5cJR) — 2026-07-17
- [MusicBrainz artist ab596343-ba3b-4e5a-889d-a2d022114207 retained as a cross-check for the exact Oktoecho identity and Spotify identifier](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ab596343-ba3b-4e5a-889d-a2d022114207) — 2026-07-17
- [Wikidata Q3350106 retained as the original Canadian ensemble lead and an identity cross-check for Oktoecho, Montréal, Katia Makdissi-Warren, Spotify, and MusicBrainz identifiers](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3350106) — 2026-07-17

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Profile: https://musiclist.ca/artist/oktoecho
Last checked: 2026-07-17