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Arvo Pärt tops list as the most performed living composer (video)

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A London-based classical music review website has, for the second year running, named Arvo Pärt the year’s most-performed living composer. Bachtrack.com put the 77-year-old Estonian in 54th place overall in its “Concert and Opera League Tables 2012,” a list created from a sampling of 12,597 concerts and 4,451 opera performances. According to Bachtrack.com, the league […]

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Estonia becomes the first in the world to open a nationwide electric vehicle fast-charging network

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A fast-charging network makes Estonia the first country in the world where you can easily drive your EV around in towns or in the countryside without worrying about the driving range or pollution. The network, consisting of 165 fast chargers, was officially opened for use today; a single operator is responsible for the administration of

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Estonian World’s best of 2012 – people & culture

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One of EW’s very first articles was a short, but poignant interview with a world famous composer and producer Brian Eno Brian Eno impressed by the performance of Estonian Broadcasting Corporation Girls’ Choir (Video) https://estonianworld.com/culture/brian-eno-impressed-by-the-performance-of-estonian-broadcasting-corporation-girls-choir/   Our very first person featured on the “Global Estonians” article series was a singer-songwriter Liis Hirvoja from London Global

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Tallinn named one of top7 intelligent communities in the world

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Intelligent Community Forum names the world’s Top7 Intelligent Communities, all with a track record of new jobs and innovative development. Estonian capital is among the Top7. The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), based in New York, has named the 2013 Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year. The Top7 list includes three from North America, two from

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Arvo Pärt’s Adam’s Lament chosen as “Recording of The Month” by BBC and receiving favourable reviews (Video)

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BBC Music Magazine and its official website Classical-music.com chose ECM’s 2012 CD of Arvo Pärt’s Adam’s Lament as its recording of the month for January 2013. The disc contains the Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Vox Clamantis performing Adam’s Lament and also Beatus Petronius, Salve Regina, Statuit ei Dominus, Alleluia-Tropus, L’Abbé Agathon, Estonian

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Estonian World’s Best of 2012 – Business & Technology

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Here we look back at some of the more remarkable business & tech stories that we published last year:   Start-up entrepreneur Priit Salumaa wrote a comprehensive report about Estonian start-up scene – or what has become to be known internationally as #estonianmafia: #estonianmafia: The Insider View https://estonianworld.com/technology/estonianmafia-the-insider-view/   Estonian architects Maarja Kask, Karli Luik

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