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 and the Finnish Labour Museum Werstas.
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Musiikkiarkiston yhteydessä toimivasta Erik Lindströmin rahastosta on Erik Lindströmin 100-vuotisjuhlavuoden kunniaksi jaossa kaksi 2000 euron apurahaa sopivaksi katsottaville hakijoille. Hakuaika päättyy perjantaina 15.4.2022.
Outi Valon musiikintutkimuksen oppiaineen väitöskirja tarkastelee kansanmusiikin tallentamiseen ja keräämiseen liittyviä ideologioita ja arvovalintoja 1900-luvun alusta 1970-luvulle saakka. Tutkimuksen kohteena on alan sotienjälkeisen auktoriteetin, tutkija ja tallentaja Erkki Ala-Könnin (1911–1996) toiminta. Tutkimus osoittaa, kuinka käsitykset kansasta ja kansanmusiikin keruutyön painopistealueet muuttuivat sotien jälkeisessä Suomessa.
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Delve into the beauty and richness of Arabic musical melodies, rhythms, lyrics and more. For new and returning Arabic Workshop participants.
Seminar in Helsinki, Friday, January 21st 2022.
This seminar brings together researchers and musicians whose work involves crossing national, cultural, social and/or musical borders. Musicians cross borders in artistic encounters, but also researchers in the field of ethnomusicology commonly participate in the musical practices of their research collaborators. The World Wide Women project team has noticed that border-crossing raises similar questions for musicians and researchers, especially as they seek to enter respectful research and work relationships with their collaborators.
Registration for active participants by December 21st 2021.
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Kuva
Compás material, the first part of Joonas Widenius' new flamenco guitar textbook series "Flamenco Guitar Lessons", will be published in early 2024. Widenius will present his work at an advance event at the Itäkeskus library on December 9, 2023 at 2 p.m. The event will comprehensively review the content of the book and the origin, purpose and future of the book series. The textbook is published by the Global Music Centre.
The idea for a flamenco guitar textbook series was born from Widenius's personal experience, i.e. how difficult it is still to find textbooks that contain good basic flamenco material. As a perspective, he uses a point of view from outside flamenco culture. The book is aimed at those who were not born under the influence of flamenco culture, but this is no obstacle or problem for a guitarist already living in flamenco culture to use the book. This starting point, looking from the outside, sets certain basic requirements for the material. There are not many high-level, consistent basic guides for studying flamenco guitar, so the book series is also very necessary internationally. The books are published directly in English so that they are immediately ready for the international market. Video examples of the sheet music exercises are also made and uploaded to the Vimeo server. There will be QR codes in the music book, through which the student can go to see the playing example on the device of their choice.
Faso Kan - Tungaladen
Jac Weinstein's Helsinki Yiddish Cabaret