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Estonia’s Viljandi hosts the country’s largest folk festival

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 try to disrupt how we see art – by combining paintings and poetry

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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Pictures: The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir through the years

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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Pictures: Tartu’s street artists show their work in Berlin

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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Artist Anna Kõuhkna: Embrace all sides of life

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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