Culture

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 […]

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 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

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

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

“Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”, a feature documentary by Estonian film director Anna Hints, has been selected to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2023; the film

The Estonian parliament passed a bill on 7 December geared at marking 30 January as the Estonian Literature Day and a flag day, and updating

The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Olari Elts, will give concerts in Paris, Munich and Nuremberg from 1 to 4 December. Estonia’s leading orchestra

Ilmar Taska, an Estonian filmmaker and writer, represented Estonia at the European Literature Night 2022 in New York City; Taska also introduced his new novel,