Estonian culture in the world.
From Estonia to Spain, on to the Netherlands and trapped in the West Indies – this was the journey of the young artist Victoria Olt, during which she realised something was missing; to find the missing part, she returned to Estonia and opened her own gallery here. In her opinion, creating figures in art, which […]
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The Estonian State Concert Institute (Eesti Kontsert) and Milanese production company Change Performing Arts have signed a contract with the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma for the production of the musical theatre work “Adam’s Passion” by Robert Wilson and Arvo Pärt. The work that premiered in 2015 in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, will be performed twice, on 31
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Anna Hints, an Estonian film director, won the directing award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival for “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”; the documentary focuses on women who come together in the protective darkness of the smoke sauna, an important part of the Estonian cultural heritage. “A transcendental story of women that
Reet Remmel, the former cultural counsellor at the Estonian embassy in London, and currently a yoga teacher, says in an interview with Estonian World that she believes in the possibility of multiple lives within one life and yoga is inward music that gives her a peace of mind; she also shares some of her best
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The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has become the most performed living composer in the world again; in 2019, he was ranked second. Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer, according to the classical music event database, Bachtrack. Bachtrack calculates a series of statistics each year that show the number of times the work of each composer has
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Rael Kõiv, a Tallinn and London-based Estonian musician and composer, talked to Estonian World about her new album, “Return to Natural Law”, and her career in Estonia and the UK. Rael Kōiv is an Estonian-born composer and pianist, who has lived and worked in the UK for the past few years. She studied music composition at the
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Estonian World brings you ten Estonian Christmas songs for your enjoyment or as background music. Liis Lemsalu – Sel ööl on tunne (This Night Has A Feeling) Beyond Beyond – Lumeingli laul (The Song Of A Snow Angel) Riho Sibul – Jõulusoovid (Christmas Wishes) Liisi Koikson – Jõuluunistused (Christmas Dreams) BIRGIT – Saanisõit/Aisakell (Sleigh Ride/Jingle
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A fraud that started in Nigeria resulted in the Estonian Traditional Music Centre, the organiser of the Viljandi Folk Music Festival, losing €53,000, and after a four and a half month investigation, the Estonian Prosecutor’s Office stated there was nothing to be done – the money has moved to countries where it is impossible for
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Sten Hankewitz, a life-long journalist and Estonian World’s stalwart executive editor, has just published his second book in English – a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel about life in the Soviet-occupied Estonia and, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in free Estonia, a country reinventing itself, in the uncertainty and chaos that comes with it. “The
Ove Musting’s movie “Kalev”, inspired by the true story of when Estonia’s national basketball team won the last Soviet Union Cup in 1991, will screen at the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. “Kalev” will screen at the festival in Palm Springs, California, on 7, 10 and 12 January. The movie is the
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