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Lauluväljak – The Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. The old stage designed by Karl Burman in 1928. XXV Estonian Song Festival. The first stage on its current location between Narva Road and Pirita Road in Kadriorg, was built in 1928 for the 9th Estonian Song Festival. It was designed by Karl Burman and provided space for 15,000 performers.
The Estonian Song Festival (in Estonian: laulupidu, Estonian pronunciation: [ˈlɑu.luˈpi.du]) is one of the largest choral events in the world, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. [1] It is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (Lauluväljak) simultaneously with the Estonian Dance ...
Linnahall (Estonian: Tallinna Linnahall, 'Tallinn City Hall') (originally the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sports) is a multi-purpose venue in Tallinn, Estonia. It is situated in the harbor, just beyond the walls of the Old Town, and was completed in 1980. The venue also features a heliport and a small seaport.
ETV organised the national final Eurolaul 2002 in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2002 contest in Tallinn. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Runaway" performed by Sahlene was selected as the winner by an international jury panel. As the host country, Estonia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 ...
The Singing Revolution[a] was a series of events from 1987 to 1991 that led to the restoration of independence of the three Soviet-occupied Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania at the end of the Cold War. [1][2] The term was coined by an Estonian activist and artist, Heinz Valk, in an article published a week after the 10–11 ...
Tallinn (/ ˈ t æ l ɪ n /, Estonian: [ˈtɑlʲːinː] ⓘ) [5] [6] is the capital and most populous [7] city of Estonia.Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of about 461,000 (as of 2024) [2] and administratively lies in the Harju maakond ().
The Estonian Youth Song and Dance Festival ( Estonian: Eesti noorte laulu- ja tantsupidu) is an Estonian youth festival which takes place in Tallinn, Estonia. The festival is a mini-variant of the Estonian Song Festival and the Estonian Dance Festival. The festival is organized by the Estonian Song and Dance Celebration Foundation.
The Estonian Dance Festival is a national dance and gymnastics celebration currently held every five years at the Kalevi Keskstaadion in Tallinn, Estonia. [1] The festival is maintained and developed by the Estonian Song and Dance Celebration Foundation. The Dance Festival is usually held on the same weekend as the Estonian Song Festival .