Our Mission

KordAva Production is a Helsinki-based cultural production organization dedicated to advancing Middle Eastern and North African music, film and culture through high-quality artistic production, collaboration, and international exchange.

We create and support projects that bring together artists, musicians, communities, and audiences across cultural and geographical boundaries. Our work is rooted in the richness and diversity of Middle Eastern and North African musical traditions while embracing contemporary artistic practices and new forms of expression.

We provide platforms for artists to develop their work, reach new audiences, and build meaningful connections in Finland and internationally. Through concerts, festivals, films, recordings, workshops, residencies, and collaborative projects, we create spaces where different artistic traditions can meet, evolve, and generate something new.

KordAva’s mission is to make Middle Eastern and North African music, film and culture a vital, visible, and evolving part of Finland’s cultural landscape and international artistic exchange.

BaranBand

Baran is kurdish and means rain. Rain cleans, refreshes and creates new similar to this band. BaranBands music consist own compositions and new arrangements of old traditional Persian and kurdish compositions.

BaranBand was established in February 2013, and its members represent different musical cultures, genres and roots. These different backgrounds makes Barans music eclectic and it always sounds fresh.

Listen to ‘Mn Bo To’ -album

Videos

More information: Baranband.com