Global Club Nights: Zemiene | Helsinki Cèilidh Band

Global Club Nights (GCN) is a club series where people who deal and work with music gather with those who love and enjoy it, to celebrate and create a safe, inclusive and creative environment.

With live music, radio shows, seminars and workshops, the events attempt to build bridges between all music lovers and their communities.

Global Club Nights is produced in collaboration with the Global music Department of Sibelius Academy and Cultural Centre Caisa.

Global Club Nights 20 October at 7 pm: Zemiene | Helsinki Cèilidh Band

Zemiene
Zemiene is a group of talented musicians hailing from the Sibelius Academy's Global Music Department in Helsinki, Finland. The quartet combines Balkan, Persian, Baltic and Nordic temperaments, stories, folk songs and other musical elements.

Recently, Zemiene has just recorded their debut EP in a studio in Järvenpää, Ainola. Drawing inspiration from the present happenings, their homeland's folk songs, languages, nature, culture and stories. The band's compositions are a testament to music being a catalyst of bringing people from different cultures together.

Mehrnoosh Zolfaghari, Iranian composer, santoor, daf and dayereh player, Merve Abdurrahmani, composer, piano player and singer with roots from Kosovo and Finland, Ana Lazar, Slovenian violin player, Vija Moore, Latvian percussionist and singer.

Helsinki Cèilidh Band
The Helsinki Cèilidh band are Finland finest Cèilidh catering for Scottish, Irish and English dance music. The band expertly guide the audience through the steps and have everyone up on the dance floor.

Duration: 3,5 h (inc. intermission 15 min)
Age recommendation: for all ages
Languages: English, Finnish, Portuguese and Spanish
Tickets € 10/6, lippu.fi