The Song of Steppes | Bronze Silver and Brass – Global Club Nights

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.

The Song of Steppes is a mix between original and traditional composition embedded in a concert featuring electronic piano, bass, guitar and shan-qobyz (jaw harp). The musical compositions derive their inspiration from Kazakh folk and contemporary music. The main goal of this concert is to represent and make accessible Central Asian, in particular Kazakh, music and art to a Finnish and international audience. The author Aizhan Sultan is telling and giving the Finnish audience the opportunity to discover more the art and history of the Kazakhs. This project is about love and pain, worry and longing for one’s native land. It’s also to overcome a harsh history, to develop an identity despite feeling unrooted and far from home.

Aizhan Sultan – vocal, shan-qobyz
Marko Annala – bass
Victoria Sergeenko – piano

Bronze Silver & Brass is a new eight-piece brass band. which has absorbed influences from groups such as Kashmere Stage Band, Young Blood Brass Band and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. The songs that weave together warm soul, jazz, hip-hop and afrobeat rhythms are written by frontman Joose Kyyrö. Joose is known for several soul and funk bands such as The Funky Sound Foundation, Emilia Sisco and Frankosun & The Family. Timmion Records will release the band's first 7" single in the summer of 2024.

Band composition:
Joose Kyyrö – saxophones
Eero Savela – trumpet
Joona Kilponen – trumpet
Jay Kortehisto – trombone
Erno Haukkala – trombone
Jussi Nykänen – guitar
Kenneth Ojutkangas – sousaphone
Elias Ojutkangas – drums

Duration: 3,5 h
Language: English, Finnish, Portuguese, Spanish

Global Club Nights is produced in collaboration with the Global music Department of Sibelius Academy and Cultural Centre Caisa. With live music, radio shows, seminars and workshops, the events attempt to build bridges between all music lovers and their communities.