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Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer fourth year running

Silver Tambur / January 7, 2015

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has, for the fourth year running, been given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, Bachtrack. Placing 37th in the overall composers’ ranking, Pärt was ranked a place higher than last year. Among the living composers, John Williams and John Adams came respectively second and third, […]

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The top 5 events in Estonian culture in 2014

Silver Tambur / January 3, 2015

The events that helped Estonian culture to punch above its weight in 2014. 1. The continuing global success of Arvo Pärt’s music At the beginning of the year, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was, for the third year running, given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, bachtrack.com.

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Video: “Motherland” – a journey to the Estonian Song Celebration

Estonian World / December 28, 2014

“Motherland” is a short film about Estonian Canadian Kaja Wichman’s journey to the Estonian Song Celebration in summer 2014. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, about 17,000 Estonians arrived in Canada. Currently, there are up to 50,000 people of Estonian descent living in “The Great White North”. Twenty-five-year-old Kaja Wichman from Toronto is one of

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Video: Estonian kids in London add “va-va-voom” to a traditional song

Estonian World / December 14, 2014

Children from the Estonian School in London took an old Estonian pop song “Mesimumm”, added a modern twist to it, and performed it in the streets of the cosmopolitan capital of Britain. In a clear indication that Estonians want to preserve their language and culture while living abroad, an Estonian-language school was founded by the

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Kristjan Randalu and the Absolute Ensemble tour in South Korea

Estonian World / October 23, 2014

Pianist Kristjan Randalu and the Absolute Ensemble, led by conductor Kristjan Järvi, are currently on a tour in South Korea on what is among the first tours in Korea from any Estonian artist. On the tour called “Absolute Korea”, Randalu and the ensemble are scheduled to perform five concerts through 26 October. The world-renowned violinist,

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Estonian music promoter Helen Sildna wins the exceptional achievement award in Tampere

Silver Tambur / October 20, 2014

Helen Sildna, the founder of Musiccase and the Tallinn Music Week, has been awarded the Exceptional Achievements in Music Business award at the Tampere Music Awards 2014. Sildna has been involved in the music industry for over 14 years as a promoter, artist booker and a spokesperson for the new generation of local music entrepreneurs. She

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PHOTOS: Arvo Pärt awarded with the prestigious Praemium Imperiale by Prince Hitachi in Tokyo

Silver Tambur / October 15, 2014

The Japan Art Association in Tokyo presented Arvo Pärt with the prestigious Praemium Imperiale cultural award on 15 October. The award is considered equal to the Nobel Prize in the field of culture, and was presented to Maestro Pärt by the patron of the association, Prince Hitachi. The Imperiale prize has been presented since 1989

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Make love, not war – hippie movement in the Estonian SSR

Terje Toomistu / October 12, 2014

In the autumn of 1970, a rumour about a major hippie gathering coming to the Town Hall Square was spread around Tallinn. All the long-haired guys – and there weren’t many of them – got excited by a vision of a cheerful crowd whose social criticism would be masked by the language of rock music and

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Arvo Pärt receives the Praemium Imperiale for Music award

Silver Tambur / October 1, 2014

The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has received the prestigious Praemium Imperiale for Music award from the Japan Art Association. The winners of the 2014 Praemium Imperiale were simultaneously announced in New York, Paris, Rome, London, Berlin and Tokyo and the award ceremony takes place on 15 October 2014 in Tokyo. Alongside Pärt, the acclaimed prize

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Marten Kuningas – a singer-songwriter who persists singing in Estonian

Reelika Virunurm / September 12, 2014

At this year’s Positivus Festival, one of the largest music festivals in the Baltic region, only two bands sang in Estonian. One of them was that of Marten Kuningas, a young Estonian singer who has remained committed to singing in Estonian, rather than English. Known for lush sounds and romantic song writing skills, Kuningas just

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