Estonian culture in the world.
The southern Estonian town of Viljandi is hosting the country’s largest folk festival; the annual event, running since 1993, brings a lot of buzz to the country’s sixth largest municipality. This year’s festival runs from 28 to 31 July and the line-up features 18 foreign and more than 40 Estonian musicians and bands, performing as […]
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Two Estonian artists – poet Elo Viiding and painter Santa Zukker – are trying to disrupt how people see art to make art exhibitions more engaging by combining paintings and poetry; their exhibition, “Vastukaja” (“Echo”), runs until 18 July at a piano bar in Tallinn. “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and
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The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, named by the BBC Music Magazine as one of the ten best choirs in the world, celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2022; Estonian World publishes some of the rarest photos taken of the choir over the years. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir was founded in 1981 by conductor Tõnu Kaljuste,
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2024 might be two years away, but street artists Kadri Lind and Sirla from the Estonian city of Tartu have already kicked off a series of international celebrations under the banner #Tartu2024 European Capital of Culture with their street art exhibition, “Hello Mister Police Officer”, now on display at the Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin-Mitte. For
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Over 1,000 people on 29 May gathered by the Tallinn TV Tower to celebrate Ukrainian culture and offer support to the country invaded by Russia. The visitors were able to taste traditional Ukrainian cuisine such as varenyky (dumplings), borscht, cabbage rolls, traditional cakes and sweets. The food was served by the local Ukrainian organisations –
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Estonia will from 31 May to 3 June host the 2022 Odessa Classics music festival that was originally due to take place in the namesake Ukrainian city in early June – but was postponed in the wake of the Russian war against Ukraine. The annual Odessa Classics music festival has been held in the namesake
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Tallinn Music Week, a new music and city festival that took place from 4-8 May in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and border town Narva, hosted almost 200 performers from 28 countries and attracted over 17,000 visitors; Andrea Forlani captured some of the moments for Estonian World. The annual new music festival and conference, running since
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Anna Kõuhkna, an Estonian artist, spoke to Estonian World ahead of the opening of her latest solo exhibition, “My darling shadow, my darling light”, at the Endla theatre’s gallery in the Estonian resort town of Pärnu. Kõuhkna’s paintings focus on women’s souls and nature. In autumn 2020, she had a solo exhibition at the Solaris Gallery in Tallinn;
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Estonia-based Ukrainians will share their culture and traditions with the local and international community at the Ukrainian Cultural Day, due to take place by the Tallinn TV Tower on 28 May. The cultural day is organised by the NGO, International Women’s Network in Estonia, and the Tallinn TV Tower Foundation. “This is a unifying event
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The international new music and city festival, the Tallinn Music Week, held annually since 2009, will take place in both the Estonian capital, Tallinn, as well as border town Narva from 4-8 May. The festival starts on 4 May in Tallinn and ends on 8 May in Narva – a town of 55,000 mainly Russian-speaking
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