Estonian culture in the world.
On the eve of conducting the opening concerts of the new Philharmonie de Paris, Maestro Paavo Järvi found time to speak to Estonian World about the new hall in Paris, as well as Estonia, Russia, and music. As Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris, one of the main resident ensembles, renowned Estonian conductor Paavo […]
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A video recording of the opera, Wallenberg, composed by Estonian Erkki-Sven Tüür, is to be screened in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 15 January. The video is a recording of the performance by the Estonian National Opera where Wallenberg was staged in 2007. The opera premiered in 2001 at the Opernhaus Dortmund. Tüür told Estonian World
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Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has, for the fourth year running, been given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, Bachtrack. Placing 37th in the overall composers’ ranking, Pärt was ranked a place higher than last year. Among the living composers, John Williams and John Adams came respectively second and third,
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The events that helped Estonian culture to punch above its weight in 2014. 1. The continuing global success of Arvo Pärt’s music At the beginning of the year, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was, for the third year running, given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, bachtrack.com.
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“Motherland” is a short film about Estonian Canadian Kaja Wichman’s journey to the Estonian Song Celebration in summer 2014. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, about 17,000 Estonians arrived in Canada. Currently, there are up to 50,000 people of Estonian descent living in “The Great White North”. Twenty-five-year-old Kaja Wichman from Toronto is one of
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Estonia is set to celebrate its twenty–fifth international arts and culture festival in Melbourne, Australia, 28-31 December. Eesti Päevad – the Estonian Days – is a bi-annual festival marked by the Estonian Australians who gather to share traditional craft skills, celebrate artistic endeavours, as well as enjoy a mix of sports and food events. The
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The Estonian-Georgian movie, “Tangerines” (“Mandariinid” in Estonian), is among the nine films that have advanced to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards. According to the academy, the shortlist will be winnowed down to the category’s five nominees by specially invited committees in New York, Los
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Children from the Estonian School in London took an old Estonian pop song “Mesimumm”, added a modern twist to it, and performed it in the streets of the cosmopolitan capital of Britain. In a clear indication that Estonians want to preserve their language and culture while living abroad, an Estonian-language school was founded by the
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The Estonian-Georgian movie, “Tangerines” (“Mandariinid” in Estonian), has been nominated for the Golden Globe award in best foreign film category. “Tangerines” has become one of the most, if not the most, successful film involving Estonian filmmakers, notching up tens of international awards since 2013. The movie tells a story that takes place in 1992 during the
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Every time I ask one of my non-Estonian friends to come with me to EstDocs, Toronto’s Estonian documentary film festival, they look at me blankly. “Really,” they say, almost without fail. “An Estonian documentary film festival.” It’s like I have asked them to have lunch with me on the planet Zoltan, to which we will
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