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Artist in focus: in conversation with singer-songwriter Hedvig Hanson (video)

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Hedvig Hanson (38) is an Estonian jazz singer. All her songs prominently feature expressions of emotion and closeness to nature. Hedvig got her first musical impressions from her mother, who listened soul and R&B music at home (Earth, Wind And Fire, Randy Crawford, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder etc.). According to her mother, Hedvig began to sing […]

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Sydney Opera House interviews Arvo Pärt in Tallinn (video interview)

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Sydney Opera House recently devoted a special event in honour of one of the most revered composers of our time, known for his minimalist style and self-invented soundscape, tintinnabuli. “The Composers 2013: Arvo Pärt”, was a celebration of Arvo’s work by the Sydney Youth Orchestra, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, and musicians from the Sydney

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Former Head of Skype presents: The future that should be here now (video)

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I recently shared some thoughts on how surprisingly hard it has been to adjust to the fact how mundane and bureaucratic everyday activities still can be in otherwise tech-advanced Silicon Valley, compared with back home in Estonia. This video is from Stanford GSB YouTube channel. This video and article was first published by Sten Tamkivi and formed part

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Estonia becomes a space nation

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Estonia’s first satellite, ESTCube-1, was rocketed off to orbit the Earth early morning on Tuesday, thus making Estonia the 41st nation to have a man-made object in space. Estonia has become the 41st nation to have a man-made object in space, beating out Finland and the other Baltic countries, all of which are due to launch their first satellites

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Estonia’s euro advice for Latvia (video interview with President Ilves)

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Latvia hopes to become the 18th EU member state to join the eurozone. Estonia became the 17th in 2011. The Financial Times’ Nordic and Baltic correspondent Richard Milne spoke to the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, about Estonia’s experience in the eurozone and his advice to Latvia.   I   Courtersy of Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/home/uk

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International jazz festival Jazzkaar returns to Tallinn (video)

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International jazz festival Jazzkaar returned to Tallinn over the weekend and continues until 28th April at the specially built unique Marina Pavilion by the sea at the Port of Tallinn grounds. It’s twenty fourth time for the festival and it is again attracting many international talents. The main performers are soul-jazz talent Zara McFarlane from

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Club Radio Free Europe – bringing music from Estonia (and beyond) to London (video)

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Chris Glew talks to British music journalist Andrew Childs about his latest venture – featuring Estonian bands Kreatiivmootor and Elephants from Neptune. Foyles Jazz Cafe in central London seems an appropriate place in which to discuss music. My interlocutor is Andrew Childs, a music journalist whose latest project – Club Radio Free Europe – aims

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