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The festive procession of the IX Estonian Song Festival, 1928 XIX Song Festival in Soviet-occupied Tallinn, 1980 XXVI Song Festival in 2014 XXVII Song Festival in 2019. The Estonian Song Festival (Estonian: Eesti Üldlaulupidu, or simply laulupidu) held since 1869, is one of the largest choral events in the world, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. [1]
On 13 July 2023, Aurora announced the summer shows, an extension of "The Gods We Can Tour" based on festivals through Europe. The tour marked Aurora's first festival-only tour. [20] Its schedule began in Rome, Italy, on 1 May 2023, and concluded on 9 September in Berlin, Germany, with a total of 27 festival stops.
One of his songs, a setting of Lydia Koidula's poem Mu isamaa on minu arm, became an unofficial national anthem during the years of Estonian SSR. His performance of the song at the XVII Estonian Song Festival was one of the inspirations for Dmitri Shostakovich's 1970 a capella choral cycle, Loyalty. He dedicated the score to Ernesaks, who also ...
In May 2017, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich announced the appointment of Järvi as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of five years. In December 2022, the orchestra announced an extension of Järvi's contract as its chief conductor through the 2028-2029 season.
The tradition spread to Würzburg, Germany in 1845, and from there it reached the Baltic States via the Baltic Germans and their choral societies. [2] It was first held in 1869 in Estonia (Estonian Song Festival), and in 1873 in Latvia (Latvian Song and Dance Festival). Lastly, tradition came to the Lithuania (Lithuanian Song Festival) in 1924. [2]
The Greenwich Village club — long regarded as one of New York's elite spaces for jazz — will open a new venue in Hollywood in March, with 200- and 100-capacity performance rooms and a full ...
The Los Angeles Festival of Movies has announced dates for the festival’s second edition, set to take place April 3-6. The first festival, co-presented by MUBI and the Mezzanine film non-profit ...
From 1927 to 1933, he worked as a teacher at the Tartu College of Music, and he also led several choirs, including the Tartu Academic Men's Choir from 1924 to 1933. [2] He was the general director of the Ninth Estonian Song Festival in 1928. [2] Neuman also performed as a vocal soloist and wrote choral music. [3]