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Estonia 2011

The 2nd study meeting in Slovakia,12-16 December 2011

Presented by


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Musicians of Estonia


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The most important cultural events for Estonians is

the Estonian Song and Dance Celebration which

takes place in Tallinn.


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905 choirs and 26, 430 singers and musicians performed in Song

Celebration and XVIII Dance Celebration with the theme

"To Breathe as One."


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`Days of Estonian Music` is the

festival of the Estonian music.

It is a tradition which came intobeing in 1979. It is the biggest

local event and an opportunity

for the majority of composersto present their new ideas and

compositions.


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Today the Estonian National Symphony

Orchestra has 100 musicians. The average

season includes 60 concerts.


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Contents

Lauri Nebel Vahur Afanasjev

Eduard Srmus

Arvo Prt


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Lauri Nebel

He was born on 11 October1948. He is an Estonian actorand magician.


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Vahur Afanasjevwas born on August

24, 1979 in Tartu,

Estonia. He is an

Estonian writer,filmmaker and

musician.


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Afanasjev graduated from Tartu University

in 2002, studying Economic policy. He has

been a member of a literary group since 1998,and a member of the Estonian Writers' Union

since 2006. He has worked as journalist,

copywriter and creative director.Since 2005 Afanasjev has lived in Brussels,

Belgium.


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Afanasjev makes electronic music,

punkish eclectic guitar rock, blues

and country and experimental noisepop. Two of his recordings were on

CD of the singing writers. He has also

written lyrics for Orelipoiss,Skriimsilm and Pris Anny.


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Eduard Srmus

He was born on 9th July 1878in Luunja near Tartu, Estonia

and died on 16th August 1940

in Moscow. He was a famous

early 20th century Estonian

and Russian violinist.


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Arvo PrtHe born on September 11th 1935.

He is an Estonian classical composer. Sincethe late 1970s, Prt has worked in a

minimalist style that employs a self-made

compositional technique called tintinnabuli.His music also finds its inspiration and

influence from Gregorian chant.


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He emigrated in 1980 with his wife and

their two sons. Prt lived first in Vienna,Austria, where he took Austrian citizenship,

and then re-located to Berlin, Germany. He

returned to Estonia around the turn of thecentury and now lives in Tallinn.


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