Veljo Tormis, regarded as one of the greatest living choral music writers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia, celebrates his 85th birthday on 7 August. Tormis‘s contribution to the Estonian choral tradition and to choral music worldwide is invaluable. One can say he has created a choral tradition of his […]
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A Canadian-Estonian Krista Kais-Prial writes about her experience in the University of Tartu’s Academic Women’s Choir in Estonia. The first time I saw the Tartu University Academic Women’s Choir performing live was last summer in Toronto. The concert was lovely – the repertoire was beautiful, the ladies in the choir seemed to be really into
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Ana Silvera is a contemporary alternative London born singer-songwriter, known for the intense poeticism of her lyrics, her classical piano style and her work with choirs. She is operatically trained, and appeared with the English National Opera and also at the Royal Opera House when she was a teenager, and studied at the Guildhall School
Estonian Television Girls’ Choir recently performed at the Camden Roundhouse in London, where they shared the bill with Grammy winning musician Imogen Heap and singer-songwriter Ana Silvera. Present among the audience was one of the most iconic producers in the world, the father of ambient music Brian Eno, who kindly found some time to answer
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