Estonian culture in the world.
The Japan Art Association in Tokyo presented Arvo Pärt with the prestigious Praemium Imperiale cultural award on 15 October. The award is considered equal to the Nobel Prize in the field of culture, and was presented to Maestro Pärt by the patron of the association, Prince Hitachi. The Imperiale prize has been presented since 1989 […]
EstDocs (the Estonian documentary film festival in Toronto) celebrates its 10th year of bringing Estonian-themed films to audiences; this year’s festival takes place from 16-21 October. EstDocs is an audience festival and juried competition featuring films that have a connection to Estonia. The festival features top documentary filmmaking talent from Estonia and around the world. The EstDocs mission
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The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has received the prestigious Praemium Imperiale for Music award from the Japan Art Association. The winners of the 2014 Praemium Imperiale were simultaneously announced in New York, Paris, Rome, London, Berlin and Tokyo and the award ceremony takes place on 15 October 2014 in Tokyo. Alongside Pärt, the acclaimed prize
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The Estonian-Georgian film, “Tangerines” (“Mandariinid” in Estonian) has been one of the most internationally successful films, involving Estonian filmmakers, in recent times. Just recently, Belgium’s Oostende IFF awarded the work of director Zaza Urushadze the European Taste with Best Film award. In addition, the Eurasia IFF in Kazakhstan has awarded the Best Male Performance award to be
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Estonian film director and producer Ilmar Raag’s movie “Kertu” has been selected as one of the 50 best films this year, recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards, the so-called European Oscars. During a press conference in the Latvian capital of Riga, the European Capital of Culture 2014, where this year’s 27th European
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At this year’s Positivus Festival, one of the largest music festivals in the Baltic region, only two bands sang in Estonian. One of them was that of Marten Kuningas, a young Estonian singer who has remained committed to singing in Estonian, rather than English. Known for lush sounds and romantic song writing skills, Kuningas just
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A free e-course that takes the viewer through the most important events of Estonian cultural history has been launched. Kultuuriklikk is an animated interactive online course that tells the story from the arrival of Estonia’s first inhabitants and Estonians’ battles for freedom to the cultural independence, the Singing Revolution and the country’s accession to the
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Spanish architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano won the international architectural contest to design the new Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa, Estonia. The architects, representing the company, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, won the contest with an entry titled “Tabula”. According to Michael Pärt, the chairman of the jury and Arvo Pärt’s son, the winning design is
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How many non-Estonians – especially the ones coming from a global language background – do you know who can speak fluent, or even conversational Estonian? It probably isn’t too easy to come up with even one. Well, let Estonian World fix this and introduce to you Adam Cullen, a 28-year-old Minnesotan who not only speaks
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“Estonia’s Best Kept Secret” is a road-trip story about a song, a country and a beautiful grand piano – and the winner of the third prize at EstDocs 2013, the annual Estonian documentary film festival and competition in Toronto. A few years ago, the Canadian couple, Mike Dell and Kimberly Bagayawa, became acquainted with Estonia – by virtue of Katre Viilvere,
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