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27 August – 5 SeptemberEstonian animations at the London International Animation FestivalThis time seven Estonian animations are screened at the LIAF festival. A special guest: Kaspar JancisKaspar Jancis, winner of this year’s prestigious European Cartoon d’Or award, Q&A on 3 September, Curzon Renoir.

29 August, 8.15pmTHE GREAT GREY SHRIKE by Chintis Lundgren, Horse Hospital, LondonThe Great Grey Shrike is a strange wildlife-story about very peculiar manners of the great grey shrike, the common cuckoo, starlings and other birds.

http://liaf.org.uk/2010/pr/pan.html

30 August, 9.15pmDIALOGUES by Ülo Pikkov, Curzon Renoir, LondonAbsurdist humour is drafted as a means to take a close look at the overload of signage systems in modern, hi-tech society.

http://liaf.org.uk/2010/pr/scratch.html

1 September, 7pmIN THE AIR by Martinus Klemet, Curzon Renoir, LondonA miscommunication between the wolf and the humans leads to a sudden shift in the laws of gravity.

http://liaf.org.uk/2010/pr/int3.html

1 September, 9pmORANUS by Jelena Girlin and Mari-Liis Bassovskaja, Curzon Renoir, LondonGrab the remote control and press a channel button. Quickly… and senselessly… quickly… and … senselessly.


2 September, 7pmLILI by Riho Unt, Curzon Renoir, LondonWho is Lili Marleen? A fi rst love, a wartime prostitute or an enticing fantasy? A mortally wounded soldier and a band of hungry rats are chasing the answer to the same question.


3 September, 7pmCROCODILE by Kaspar Jancis, Curzon Renoir, LondonThe story of a former opera star, a fateful woman … and a crocodile.Kaspar is one of LIAF10’s special guests.


3 September, 9pmDIVERS IN THE RAIN by Priit and Olga Pärn, Curzon Renoir, LondonA ship that is slowly sinking under the barrage of a never-ending rainstorm is the platform for a poignant, understated love story between a diver who works only during the day and a dentist who works only during the night.


14 – 24 SeptemberÖÖ: Was it a Dream? Nordic avant-garde in London Design Festival, 94 Berwick Street, Soho, LondonÖÖ, or ‘night’ in Estonian, is a temporary gallery + concept store showcasing work by young avant-garde creatives from six Nordic countries - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland,

Norway and Sweden. Initiated and curated by Merilyn KeskülaMerilyn Kesküla, it is the fi rst part of the collaborative project by a community of fashion and product designers, photographers, fi lm makers, artists and illustrators, whose work introduces dark and surreal aspects of Nordic aesthetics. Estonian participants include Kriss Soonik, Kriss Soonik, Piret Kartus, Tanel Veenre, Tarmo Luisk, Jaanus OrgusaarPiret Kartus, Tanel Veenre, Tarmo Luisk, Jaanus Orgusaar and Kärt Kärt OjaveeOjavee.

http://www.londondesignfestival.com

24 – 25 SeptemberSoundtrack of an Age – Arvo Pärt Conference in Southbank Centre, London Arvo Pärt’s transcendent music is one of the defi ning soundworlds of the last 30 years. Through media, concerts and recordings his work has crossed boundaries of religion, race and culture and established itself as one of the

most popular and recognisable features of the contemporary musical landscape. This two day conference, celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 75th birthday, with the composer in attendance throughout, is presented by the South Bank CentreSouth Bank Centre in collaboration with the Royal Academy Royal Academy of Musicof Music.

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk

6 and 9 October, 7.30pmConductor Neeme Järvi at Royal Festival Hall The collaboration of the acclaimed conductor Neeme JärviNeeme Järvi with the London Philharmonic London Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestra will continue at Royal Festival Hall, London

October 6 programme - Suk, Chopin, DvořákSuk, Chopin, DvořákEvgeny KissinEvgeny Kissin pianoOctober 9 programme - DvořákDvořák Lisa Milne, Karen Cargill, Peter Auty, Peter Rose and London Lisa Milne, Karen Cargill, Peter Auty, Peter Rose and London Philharmonic ChoirPhilharmonic Choir

http://www.lpo.co.uk

7 October, 7.30 pmConductor Neeme Järvi at St David’s Hall in Cardiff The acclaimed conductor Neeme JärviNeeme Järvi with the London Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Philharmonic Orchestra performs in Cardiff.Programme - Suk, Chopin, DvořákSuk, Chopin, Dvořák Jean-Effl am BavouzetJean-Effl am Bavouzet piano

http://www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

16, 17 OctoberVeiko Õunpuu’s fi lm THE TEMPTATION Of ST. TONY at BFI London Film Festival, Vue West End16 October 8.45pm17 October 12.45pmA funeral procession continues its stately progress, refusing to acknowledge a car crash

that happens in its path. A man fi nds severed hands in a forest as he attempts to bury a dead dog. A priest walks up a church wall. A dinner party is getting out of hand before it is interrupted by a boozy tramp. Mysterious women are on the run from police and gangsters. A nightclub resembles the fi fth circle of hell. A surgeon wields a chainsaw ...

http://www.bfi .org.uk/lff

18 October, 6.30pmIn the Hands of Fate: Existentialism in Film, a discussion at BFI London Film Festival, NFT3LFF fi lmmakers discuss the existential themes in their work. Several fi lms in this year’s LFF programme specifi cally emphasise philosophical struggles with circumstance. Apichatpong Apichatpong

Weerasethakul, Michelangelo FrammartinoWeerasethakul, Michelangelo Frammartino and actor Taavi EelmaaTaavi Eelmaa (Veiko ÕunpuuVeiko Õunpuu’s ‘The Temptation of St Tony’) will join Dr David Sorfa on a panel chaired by Ian Haydn Smith, Editor of International Film Guide.

20 – 26 OctoberEstonian authentic heavy folk metal band METSATÖLL takes to the road in the UK The ‘Boneshakers 2010’ UK tour by Spinefarm Spinefarm RecordsRecords, with Metsatöll + CelestyMetsatöll + Celesty (a Finnish sextet) and the Finnish group KiuasKiuas.20th – Wrexham, Central Station22nd – Sheffi eld, Corporation

23rd – Glasgow, Ivory Blacks24th – Nottingham, Basement26th – London, Underworld

http://www.metsatoll.ee/en/index.html

25 October, 1pmKai Rüütel – at Lunchtime Recitals, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonKai RüütelKai Rüütel, Estonian mezzo-soprano joined the Jette Parker Young Artists programme in September 2009. The concert presents several young singers from the JPYA programme. David David GowlandGowland – piano.

http://www.roh.org.uk/whatson/production.aspx?pid=15117

26 October, 6pmYoung Estonian pianist Mihkel Poll at the BarbicanPre-concert performance: Guildhall Artists at the BarbicanPromoted by London Symphony Orchestra LtdProkofi ev Piano Sonata No 6, Op 82; Bartók Out of Doors performed by Mihkel PollMihkel Poll (piano)

http://www.barbican.org.uk

27 October, 6pmMusic by Arvo Pärt at the Royal Festival Hall A performance including Arvo PärtArvo Pärt’s ‘L’abbé Agathon’ with members of the London Philhar-monic Orchestra and Foyle Future Firsts conducted by Vladimir JurowskiVladimir Jurowski.Also in the programme:

Gustav MahlerGustav Mahler Quartet movement in A minor for piano & stringsArvo PärtArvo Pärt FratresPatricia RozarioPatricia Rozario soprano

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk

28 October, 7.30Kristjan Järvi conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, LondonProgramme:BrittenBritten Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’StravinskyStravinsky Violin ConcertoBartókBartók Concerto for OrchestraViktoria MullovaViktoria Mullova violin


30 October, 7.30pmCity of London Sinfonia and Holst Singers - Britons and Baltics: Arvo Pärt’s ‘Cantus in memorium Benjamin Britten’ at the Cadogan Hall, LondonStephen LaytonStephen Layton’s fi rst London concert as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of City of London SinfoniaCity of London Sinfonia combines the string and

vocal music by Benjamin BrittenBenjamin Britten with the atmospheric sound worlds of Baltic composers Arvo PärtArvo Pärt and Eriks EsenvaldsEriks Esenvalds.

http://www.cadoganhall.com

1 November, 7.45pmKristiina Ehin at Poetry International 2010 series, Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London Poetry From the New Europe: Elaine Feinstein, Sylva Fischerová, Tomaž Šalamun, Kristiina Kristiina EhinEhin. A generation on from the fall of Commu-nism, some of the fi nest poetry from – and

about – the shifting boundaries. Estonian Kristiina Ehin’s collection The Scent of your Shadow was a Poetry Book Society recommended translation this year.

5 November, 8pmEstonian-Ukrainian folkband Svjata Vatra at LIFEM Festival, Kings Place, London Estonian-Ukrainian power folk band Svjata Svjata VatraVatra performing in London International Festival of Exploratory Music. Svjata Vatra call their style ‘fi re-folk’. The band’s composition is unique: vocals, bagpipes, accordion, duduk,

trombone, horn, wind and percussion (djembe, tarbuka, buhalo). Fiery energy guaranteed! ‘Svjata Vatra is like a sizzling campfi re, giving light and warmth yet burning no one’.

http://www.lifem.org.uk

7 November, 7.30pm75th-birthday celebrations for Arvo Pärt: Hortus Musicus at LIFEM Festival, St Etheldreda’s Church, London Music on the crossroad of times and cultures. The group’s repertoire includes works of 20th century composers including Arvo Pärt’s compositions, of which ‘Arbos’ and ‘An

den Wassern zu Babel sassen wir und weinten’ the composer has dedicated to Andres MustonenAndres Mustonen, group’s conductor. Hortus Musicus has per formed at many major early music festivals in the world. They have recorded approximately 35 programmes, a portion of which is available from companies such as Erdenklang, Musica Svecia, Forte and Finlandia Records.

http://www.lifem.org.uk

9 November, 18.30pmIn 2011, Europe’s best stories will be told in Tallinn! Estonian Embassy, 16 Hyde Park Gate, LondonIn 2011, Tallinn begins with the largest story-telling event in its history. Writers, musi cians, artists and actors will tell, paint, sing and act tales inspired by the sea, speaking of Estonia

and its people. The stories will be short and long, modern and acient, exciting and tragic; most importantly, they all will be genuinely Estonian-like. Maris HellrandMaris Hellrand, International Communications Mana-ger for the Tallinn, European Capital of Culture 2011, will present the highlights of the programme for the British-Estonian Association.

13 November, 4pmThe Extraordinary World of Estonian Animation in Four Movements: a special programme of Estonian animations at the 24th Leeds International Film Festival, Howard Assembly Room, LeedsWinner of this year’s prestigious European Cartoon d’Or award, CROCODILECROCODILE by Kaspar Kaspar

JancisJancis, is the story of a frustrated former opera singer who now entertains children in a styrofoam costume. The sea comes between a diver and a night dentist in DIVERS IN THE RAINDIVERS IN THE RAIN by Priit and Olga PärnPriit and Olga Pärn,a beautiful animation with a wonderful score. Three orchestrated journeys take us to unseen household realms in KITCHEN DIMENSIONSKITCHEN DIMENSIONS by Ülo PikkovÜlo Pikkov. IN THE AIRIN THE AIR by Martinus Martinus KlementKlement shows what happens when telecommunication between a wolf and humans change the laws of gravity.

http://www.leedsfi lm.com

18 November, 8.30pmKristjan Randalu (piano) joins Mike Moreno quartet at the London Jazz Festival, Pizza Express Jazz ClubA pre-eminent new voice in modern jazz, guitarist Mike MorenoMike Moreno has carved a distinctive musical persona, and has been picked by Pat Pat MethenyMetheny as one of the major new voices of

guitar. Joined here tonight by Michael JanischMichael Janisch, Paul WiltgenPaul Wiltgen and Kristjan RandaluKristjan Randalu, Moreno leads his quartet in the performance of material from his latest album ‘Between the Lines’.

www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk

9 – 27 NovemberEstonian folk group RO:TORO is back in the UK and will tour England and ScotlandThe tour will take traditional Estonian tunes with lady pipers, an improvising saxophonist, accopanied by a rocking guitarist and a mad percussionist playing water drums to several different venues in Scotland and North England.

With four years of existence, RO:TORORO:TORO has released two CD-s under the Nordic label TUTL and has become a regular performer at folk music festivals in Estonia and abroad.

http://rootoro.mcp.pri.ee

28 November, 7.45pmInternational Poetry Day in Hebden Bridge, Bar Place, 10 Crown Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EH Poets include, from Estonia, Kristiina EhinKristiina Ehin reading from her award- winning volume The Scent of Your Shadow with traditional singers Mari KalkumMari Kalkum and Anna HintsAnna Hints accompanied

by percussionist and singer Silver SeppSilver Sepp. This performance is the culmination of a day of premiere celebratory events that will include artists from Russia, France, Estonia and the UK.

9 December, 19.30pmAntonio Pappano conducts Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, LondonSimon TrpceskiSimon Trpceski pianoIf an orchestra’s instruments are a series of inanimate objects that come to dazzling life, it’s no wonder DukasDukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

resonates so widely with concert audiences. Equally striking are DebussyDebussy’s sensuous evocation of the sea, and PärtPärt’s timeless spirituality in Fratres.


4 – 11 SeptemberEstonian highlights at the VALE OF GLAMORGAN FESTIVALVale of Glamorgan Festival has a strong feature on Estonia and, in particular, celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the birth of the composer Arvo Pärt whose birthday on 11th of September falls within the Festival dates. The Festival

opens with a celebratory evening where Wales meets Estonia in music, poetry and authentic Estonian cuisine.

http://valeofglamorganfestival.org.uk

4 – 6 SeptemberVale of Glamorgan Festival on tour: The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir4 September, 7.30pm - St David’s Cathedral 5 September, 7.30pm - Galeri, Caernarfon6 September, 7.30pm - St Peter’s Church, Lampeter The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir,

Grammy Award winner, has altogether fi ve concerts in Wales. The tour includes highlights of the Festival’s Arvo PärtArvo Pärt celebrations, together with psalm settings by MendelssohnMendelssohn and 20th-century Estonian composer and folk-song collector Cyrillus KreekCyrillus Kreek.


5 September, 6pmA celebratory evening where Wales meets Estonia in music, poetry and authentic Estonian cuisine. St Donats Arts Centre, St Donats Castle, WalesThe evening begins with a welcome from this year’s Festival Patron, HE Aino Lepik HE Aino Lepik von Wirénvon Wirén, Estonian Ambassador. Ensemble Ensemble

ResonabilisResonabilis play new music centred on an ancient instrument, the Estonian kannel. The musical programme includes a new work by Helena TulveHelena Tulve and a piece by the fi gurehead of this year’s Festival, Arvo PärtArvo Pärt. Estonian mezzo–soprane Tui HirvTui Hirv and Welsh mezzo-soprano Siân CameronSiân Cameron join Resonabilis at the concert and Philip Philip GrossGross, the poet with Estonian roots, winner of the 2009 TS Eliot prize, will read his poems.


6 September, 7.30pmThe contemporary music group Resonabilis at the concert with Welsh musicians, Fonmon Castle, Fonmon, WalesAn evening in the splendid 13th-century sur-r oun dings of Fonmon Castle and its exquisite gardens. This concert explores the diversity of the harp in its different guises: the modern

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concert harp and the ancient lever-harp (clarsach), contrasted with their Baltic cousin the Estonian kannel. , mezzo-soprano, Ruth WallRuth Wall and Rhodri DaviesRhodri Davies, harp. Poet Philip GrossPhilip Gross joins again and provides the text for a specially commissioned vocal work by young welsh composer Gareth Peredur ChurchillGareth Peredur Churchill.


8 September, 7.30pmThe Amsterdam Cello Octet features Arvo Pärt’s music, Bradenstoke Hall, St Donats Castle, Wales The Octet are closely associated with the work of Arvo PärtArvo Pärt and here they give the fi rst performances in the UK of several works he has specially written and arranged for them. Pärt’s

solemn invocations are interspersed by the bracing motor-rhythms of Dutch composer Fant de KanterFant de Kanter’s latest work for the ensemble. The concert opens with iconoclastic composer Terry RileyTerry Riley’s dark vigil for the innocent victims of the Iraq war.


9 September, 7pmBBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir celeb rating Arvo Pärt’s birthday at the BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffIn the presence of the composer, the stunning Estonian Philharmonic ChoirEstonian Philharmonic Choir join forces with

the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Arvo Pärt’s setting of a medi-tation on the life of the patron saint of music. The concert opens with “In Spe”, a world premiere of a new orchestral work by Pärt, specially commissioned for the Vale of Glamorgan Festival. Conductor Tõnu KaljusteTõnu Kaljuste. Pre-Concert Talk by Peter BannisterPeter Bannister at 6 pm.


11 September, 7.30pmRTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet and music by Arvo Pärt and Galina Grigorjeva, Ewenny Priory Church, Ewenny, WalesRTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet together with Patricia Rozario (soprano), Patrick Craig (counter-tenor) and Nicholas Todd (tenor) will give a concert at the candlelit church of

Ewenny’s Norman priory, one of the most evocative settings for any concert. Programme:Arvo PärtArvo Pärt Summa Deirdre GribbinDeirdre Gribbin Merrow SangGalina GrigorjevaGalina Grigorjeva Ad infi nitum Arvo PärtArvo Pärt Stabat mater


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