[ 4 December, 2007 to 17 December, 2007. ] The name ‘Christmas Jazz’ (Joulujazz in Estonian) may well strike fear into your heart: surely not a festival of Christmas carols performed in a jazz style? Or some kind of Wizzard-meets-Miles-Davis fusion fest?
Thankfully not. Christmas Jazz is simply a jazz festival which takes place in the run-up to Christmas, and what’s more it has a […]
Categories: Calendar, Estonia, Events & festivals
Baltic Visitor Tags: Christmas-Jazz, festival, Joulujazz, Ladysmith-Black-Mambazo, music
[ 12 October, 2007 to 21 October, 2007. ] One of the first festivals to be established in the newly independent Estonia, the Nyyd New Music Festival has been running since 1991. As the name suggests, it specialises in presenting new works by composers from around the world. According to creative director (and composer) Erki-Sven Tuur, quoted on Bonjour L’Estonie, the idea has always […]
Categories: Calendar, Events & festivals
Baltic Visitor Tags: classical, composers, Estonia, ligeti, music, nyyd, Tallinn
[ 12 June, 2007 to 17 June, 2007. ] The coming week sees Latvia’s 13th International Early Music Festival, with concerts held in Riga and Rundale. It runs from 12th-17th June, with most events taking place in Riga – settings include the the courtyard of the Three Brothers (residential buildings dating from the 15th, 17th and 18th centuries) and the immaculately reconstructed House of […]
Categories: Arts & culture, Calendar, Events & festivals, Family, Latvia
Baltic Visitor Tags: baroque, early-music, Family, festival, medieval, music
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