At the annual Encaenia ceremony held on 22 June, the Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, received an honorary degree in music from the world-renowned Oxford University in the UK. At a ceremony held at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, the University of Oxford conferred honorary degrees on nine distinguished figures from the fields of theology, law, […]
Arvo Pärt receives an honorary degree from Oxford University Read More »
The Estonian chamber choir, Sireen, is recording its first album, “Terra Incognita”, that will include original music from a new generation of talented Estonian composers and best pieces from internationally acclaimed composers. The women‘s chamber choir that is currently fundraising on Indiegogo crowdfunding platform to launch its album this autumn, is a relatively new phenomena
Estonian choir Sireen records young Estonian composers Read More »
Toomas Tuulse is a multifaceted, radiant person – a composer, pianist and a choir conductor; no major concert or celebration within the Stockholm Estonian community takes place without him. Like tens of thousands of others, his parents fled Estonia in the autumn of 1944 and reached Sweden’s shores. How was it to grow up on
Toomas Tuulse 70: “Working with choirs has been an unbroken thread in my life” Read More »
Trad.Attack! is a band that specialises in giving roots and folk music a modern kick using samples of archive recordings in a funky, contemporary manner that is taking the world by storm. The band’s debut album, ”Ah!“, won the group three Estonian Music Awards this year. Estonian World caught up with the band members after
Trad.Attack! – panache, police and power chords Read More »
The world première of an orchestral piece by Arvo Pärt will take place at the festival “Mozart & Pärt”, held on 19-29 May in Los Angeles, California. The festival will focus on Pärt’s music and culminate with the world première of a new piece by the maestro, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The orchestra is
The multifaceted Estonian accordionist and music teacher, Tuulikki Bartosik, debuted her first album “Storied Sounds” at the recent Tallinn Music Week. The album is a collection of tunes written and recorded over many years and compiled into one album. Bartosik’s classical and theoretical studies, with a master’s degree in traditional music from the Sibelius Academy in
Tuulikki Bartosik’s chatterbox, accordion and eight languages Read More »
Kerli Kõiv, one of the most successful pop stars Estonia has produced so far, released her new single, with an accompanying video showcasing the Estonian forests and bogs. Last year, Kõiv, who is artistically known for her first name, Kerli, left Los Angeles and relocated to her country of birth. She told the media she
Pop star Kerli releases Estonian nature-inspired video Read More »
The Tallinn Music Week (TMW), the annual music conference and showcase festival, will gather 237 artists from 33 countries to the Estonian capital in the spring of 2016. The music programme of the eighth Tallinn Music Week, taking place from 28 March to 3 April, will feature 116 artists from Estonia, 24 from Finland, 15
Tallinn Music Week announces 237 artists for its music programme Read More »
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has, for the fifth year running, been given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, Bachtrack. “Arvo Pärt continues to be the most performed contemporary concert composer, leagues ahead of John Adams and John Williams,” Bachtrack said. The top contemporary opera composer is Jonathan
Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer fifth year running Read More »
On 10 December, a new work by composer Arvo Pärt – called “Kleine Litanel”, created for a cappella mixed choir – will premiere in the Austrian capital Vienna, Arvo Pärt Centre reported. The piece was created in October this year, on the commission of the Wien Museum for the reopening of St Virgil’s Chapel in
A new work by Arvo Pärt premieres in Vienna Read More »
