Culture

For the eighth time, the Estonian capital, Tallinn, will host the Ethnic Culture Days. The event programme, highlighting the minority cultures of Estonia, is scheduled from 16 to 25 September. The event offers free concerts, film screenings, picnics, language and culture cafés and children’s events. “Tallinn has always been a meeting place for different cultures,” […]

Puuluup, an Estonian modern folk duo, comprising of Ramo Teder and Marko Veisson, is due to perform at nine concerts in the United States from 15 to 27 September. In Estonia, Puuluup has an ever-growing cult following, attracting fans with their somewhat surreal, choreographed performances and talharpa (bowed harp) playing. The band’s lyrics and melodies

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has been awarded the Officer grade of the Order of the Oak Crown of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Ordre de la Couronne de chêne) in recognition of his outstanding merits as a composer and a major figure of European culture.  The high award was presented at the Arvo Pärt Centre

The Estonian record company, TIKS Records, and the Arvo Pärt Centre have jointly released a vinyl record of Arvo Pärt’s children’s songs, “Songs from Childhood”. Arvo Pärt composed the songs on the album between 1956 and 1970, mainly for theatre plays and cartoons.  The album features a dozen songs that had previously existed only as manuscripts in

International artists are competing to stay in an Estonian city bordering Russia – Narva. Narva sits on one side of a river, and on the other lies Russia. What’s more, that river is so narrow that residents and visitors can even wave to Russian fishermen, who generally remain careful not to dwell too close to

As Jamaica-based Estonian creator Tarrvi Laamann opens his new solo exhibition at Põhjala Galleries in Tallinn, Estonian World spoke to the artist about his eponymous style, “Tarrvinism”, his reggae influences, Jamaica, Estonia, music and art. Tarrvi Laamann, born in 1973, is an Estonian artist known for his prints and paintings inspired by his adopted home

The Leigo Lake Music Festival, due to take place on 13 August in southern Estonia, will celebrate the jubilees of the three maestros – the father Neeme Järvi and sons Paavo Järvi and Kristjan Järvi, who will all also conduct at the festival; additionally, as many as 10 soloists from the Järvi family will perform.

Estonian contemporary artist Kadri Liis Rääk will open her solo exhibition, “Halcyon”, in the capital of Peru, Lima, on 11 August. Rääk will exhibit tufted soft sculptures, inspired by the “bubbling abundance of life”, ceramic forms inspired by symbiotic landscapes and microbes, and chimerically transformed industrial design.  “In her works, we witness a speculative utopian

Estonian photography artist Kaupo Kikkas on 3 August opened his photo exhibition, “Statue”, at the Solaris Gallery in the Tallinn city centre; in cooperation with make-up artist Õnne Rudi, top Estonian athletes were turned into human sculptures, bringing to life the beauty ideals of ancient Greece. “A statue can be the base of an entire

Tallinn is to host a comedy festival in August 2022 where an openly fierce and feminist – and, as such, an aptly named – comedy collective Clit Comedy Club and Friends will perform, and the organisers promise to be “really fucking loud”. The Tallinn Fringe Festival has been around since 2016, hosting artists of all