Global Club Nights: Taiwania & Chico Matada

Description

Global Club Nights (GCN) is a club series where people who work with and love music come together to celebrate music.

The free club nights start early, so children are welcome when accompanied by an adult. In addition to exciting music, the club also offers other fun activities suitable for children. Let's start the weekend together!

Taiwania
“Taiwania” is a music ensemble formed by Bunun singer Kiwa Takishusungan, Tsugaru Shamisen performer Zuiko (Ni Jui Hsin), and violinist Huang Tai Yuan.
Named after a tree native to Taiwan, a symbol of deep roots, upward growth, and harmonious coexistence in diversity. Centering their work on the music of Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples and weaving in improvisation, Taiwania create a sound that embodies Taiwan’s diversity and its rich cultural connection to the land.

Chico Matada: Kuya Kaya
Chico Matada is a Mozambique-born drummer, composer and bandleader whose music combines African rhythmic traditions with modern jazz, cinematic arrangements and improvisation. Matada, who lives in Finland, draws in particular from the Ndokodo music of the Mozambican Ndau tribe, combining it with modern jazz harmony.

His new project, Kuya Kaya, is the result of three years of work. The album, to be released by Eclipse Records in February 2026, features a multinational group of musicians - pianist Nikita Rafaelov, guitarist Hector Lepe, double bassist Juuso Rinta, trumpeter Tomi Nikku, as well as guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Matada's touring band includes Matada, Rafaelov and Lepe, as well as bass guitarist Melik Turunen and trumpeter Rafa Postel.

Kuya Kaya presents Matada's unique musical language, where deep roots and modern expression meet. The music is simultaneously meditative and rhythmically vibrant – an invitation for the listener to stop, listen, and feel.

Global Club Nights aims to create a safe, inclusive and creative environment and build bridges between all music lovers and their communities. Global Club Nights has been produced in cooperation with the Sibelius Academy’s Global Music Department and Kanneltalo.

The events aim to build bridges between all music lovers and their communities. Cultural Centre Kanneltalo produces Global Club Nights (GCN) evenings in cooperation with the Sibelius Academy’s Global Music study programme and the World Music Centre.