The Global Music Centre is one of Finland’s musical institutions. Its key task is to collect, record and distribute information about musical cultures from around the world. The Centre aims to increase understanding among listeners, researchers and music-makers of the individual and collective values in music, and of the importance of music as a means of communicating and strengthening identity. Thus the Centre aims to promote understanding between people across cultural boundaries, through music. Equality and respect for others are basic values in the work of the Centre.
The activities of the Global Music Centre are funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
The Global Music Centre operates in collaboration with KSL Civic Association for Adult Learning, the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology, the Finnish Society of Composers and Lyricists, the Finnish Labour Museum Werstas and the City of Helsinki.
Tervetuloa Maailman musiikin keskuksen GMC Living Room Session tapaamiseen verkostoitumaan, tapaamaan vanhojakin tuttuja ja suunnittelemaan yhteisiä projekteja. Tällä kertaa vieraanamme ovat Global Club Nights -konseptin luojat ja tuottajat, muusikot Chico Matada and Vasileios Katopodis. (please read more in English)