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EstDocs 2012 Celebrates a Century of Estonian Cinema in Toronto (Video)

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EstDocs is an annual not-for-profit Estonian documentary film festival and competition held in Toronto, that presents stories from Estonia. Its mission is to provide a 360-degree perspective on Estonian history, politics, arts, culture, sport, and other subjects. Established in 2005 and so far visited by over 10 000 film lovers, EstDocs has raised the profile […]

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Artist of the week: underground musician Maria Minerva (video)

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Maria Minerva aka Maria Juur is an Estonian underground musician, based in London, and currently touring the US. She is releasing music on the prominent and prolific Los Angeles independent label Not Not Fun and its dance-oriented sub-label 100% Silk. She is known for her eclectic and dreamy music style and lo-fi videos. She has cited Brian Eno, Throbbing

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Estonia sends Toomas Hussar’s debut film Mushrooming to Oscars 2013 (Video)

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Toomas Hussar’s film Mushrooming will compete for an Academy Award in Best Foreign Film category at Oscars in 2013. The debut feature premiered at Karlovy Vary film festival, before also showing in Toronto International Film Festival. The story follows a politician who tries to take a break from work by mushroom picking, only to get lost

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Artist of the week: ballet dancer Tiit Helimets (San Francisco National Ballet)

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Our latest Artist of the week is Tiit Helimets, principal dancer at the San Francisco National Ballet. Born in Viljandi, Estonia, Tiit Helimets had an exposure to ballet from an early age, while watching cultural programs on TV. His mum noticed his interest and at 10, took him for a talent spotting audition in Tallinn

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Breaking the boundaries – the fairytale and folklore world of singer-songwriter Ana Silvera (Video)

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Ana Silvera is a contemporary alternative London born singer-songwriter, known for the intense poeticism of her lyrics, her classical piano style and her work with choirs. She is operatically trained, and appeared with the English National Opera and also at the Royal Opera House when she was a teenager, and studied at the Guildhall School

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Pianist Mihkel Poll wins the Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize

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Mihkel Poll, who studies at London’s famous Guildhall School of Music and Theatre, has won this year’s Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize, which is awarded annually to an outstanding Guildhall music student in partnership with the Guildhall School and Wigmore Hall, a leading international recital venue; Estonian World caught up with Poll to talk about his

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Chef Andrei Lesment runs the first Estonian-owned restaurant in London

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Andrei Lesment runs a Baltic and Scandinavian-influenced restaurant in London’s affluent Marylebone. Andrei, who started his career in Sweden and Denmark, has been London-based for the past 15 years. He has honed his skills at the Savoy Hotel, as well as working for Gordon Ramsay at Maze in the past. Having had a clear destination

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Brian Eno impressed by the performance of Estonian TV Girls’ Choir

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Estonian Television Girls’ Choir recently performed at the Camden Roundhouse in London, where they shared the bill with Grammy winning musician Imogen Heap and singer-songwriter Ana Silvera. Present among the audience was one of the most iconic producers in the world, the father of ambient music Brian Eno, who kindly found some time to answer

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