At the end of May and beginning of June, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra with conductor Tõnu Kaljuste performed the music of Arvo Pärt at four concerts in the United States – two in Washington, DC, and two in New York City. Accompanied by a high-profile delegation from Estonia, including […]
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The Estonian electronic indie rock band Tenfold Rabbit became more well-known in their home country in 2012, when their song “Oblivion” won the third place in the Eesti Laul (Estonian Song) competition. In 2013, they had their first European tour and their debut album won a prize in the “best indie/alternative album of 2013” category at
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The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra with conductor Tõnu Kaljuste will perform the music of Arvo Pärt at four concerts in the United States – two in Washington, DC, and two in New York City. Pärt will also attend the concerts. The concerts take place at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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As part of the London Southbank Centre choral festival, on 6 April the Estonian TV girls’ choir; a leading Estonian saxophonist, Villu Veski; and the British-Nigerian soul and jazz singer-songwriter, Ola Onabule, performed together for the first time in the UK. With the house lights still up, the Estonian TV girls’ choir entered London’s Queen
The Estonian indie-folk band, Odd Hugo, formed in the summer of 2012, has embarked on a miniature European tour – namely in Germany and the Netherlands where the band aims to perform at nine shows. Odd Hugo is a fresh Estonian act, acknowledged for its part-mellow folkie, part-heart-rending poet soundscapes. With their debut album “Odd
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As part of the London Southbank Centre choral festival, a leading Estonian saxophonist Villu Veski, the Estonian TV girls’ choir and the British-Nigerian soul and jazz singer-songwriter, Ola Onabule, will perform together for the first time in the UK. On Saturday, 5 April, the Estonian TV girls’ choir is featured on the Saturday Afternoon Taster
The Tallinn Music Week (TMW), the annual music conference and showcase festival, will bring notable names in the music industry and 227 bands from 20 countries to the Estonian capital. TMW is a three-day music industry conference and one of the biggest indoor festivals in the Nordic and Baltic region. The mission of the festival,
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We at Estonian World were amazed to recently learn that of all the places, there’s also a large following for Arvo Pärt’s music in Iran. We were pretty fascinated by this fact, and when we came across to Arman Noroozi, a composition teacher in Tehran and a massive fan of Pärt’s compositions, we took up
On 24 February 2014, hundreds of Estonians living in London packed Westminster Cathedral’s large event hall to celebrate the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Estonia. The event consisted of a mixture of Estonian arts on display, but no Estonian event would be complete without vocal performance as the main attraction. Several
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The programme of the Mozartwoche (Mozart week), held in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthplace of Salzburg, Austria from 23 January to 2 February has a special focus on the Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, this year, premiering his latest work, “Swan Song”. At a total of six concerts during the Mozartwoche, a considerable number of Pärt’s works
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