Kaija Saariaho: Luminous Architect of Sound and Silence
Kaija Saariaho (14 October 1952 – 2 June 2023) stood as one of the most remarkable and influential figures in
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Loris Tjeknavorian: Maestro of Iranian Classical Music
Loris Tjeknavorian (13 October 1937) is widely recognized as one of the most culturally significant figures in modern music history,
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Solace and the Wave by Christos Anagnostou Daly – Music Review
Solace and the Wave by Christos Anagnostou Daly is a six-track neoclassical and cinematic instrumental EP built around a restrained
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What Do Op. and No. Mean in Classical Music?
When looking at the titles of classical music compositions, we often encounter abbreviations such as Op. and No., followed by
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Ghostlight by Jamie Trevaskis + James Lees – Album Review
Ghostlight by Jamie Trevaskis + James Lees is an atmospheric album built from piano, guitars, electronics and percussion, but its
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Dmitri Shostakovich: Art, Ideology, and the Twentieth-Century Symphony
Dmitri Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) stands as one of the most enigmatic, celebrated, and deeply tragic
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Rude Mood by Hayden Birmingham – Album Review
Rude Mood by Hayden Birmingham is, first and foremost, an album built around the electric guitar. Across its 12 instrumental
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Verso Casa by Luca Basile – Album Review
Verso Casa by Luca Basile places the cello at the heart of an album where classical writing, pop accessibility and
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ERSO Celebrates 100th Season with Grand Opening
In a moment that reverberated through Tallinn’s concert halls, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) marked its centennial with a
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MANUS: The Hands, When Music Becomes Philosophy
When I first set foot inside Peeter Süda Hall for MANUS: The Hands, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.
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The Swan Symphony by Lauré Lussier – Music Review
The Swan Symphony by Lauré Lussier is the third and final work of the composer’s Symphonic Triptych, a sprawling electro-orchestral
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Secret Life of Button Boxes: Blue Box by Andy Nechaevsky – Album Review
Blue Box, the second release in Andy Nechaevsky’s Secret Life of Button Boxes series, enters a colder and darker territory
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Hüseyin Kırmızı’s Mediterranean Metamorphosis
As part of Tallinn Fringe Festival, I went to Heldeke! to hear an intriguing solo piano concert by contemporary Cypriot
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24% VAT on Culture: How Estonia Compares With Europe
A nation is more than a territory, a government or a passport. It is a shared story, and culture is
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Triinu Upkin: Estonia’s Singing Ballerina
Triinu Upkin stands out as one of the most unique figures in Estonia’s cultural landscape. As quite likely the world’s
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An Independent Artist’s View of Estonia’s 24% VAT
What does it actually mean to live from music in Estonia? For an independent musician, the answer is more complicated
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Anton Bruckner, A Romantic Visionary
Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music educator whose monumental compositions
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Velella by East of West – Album Review
Velella by East of West is an album that refuses to fit neatly into predefined boxes, choosing instead to drift
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Kaisa Ling: A Survival Guide to the Fringe Circuit
Kaisa Ling is a prominent Estonian blues vocalist, broadcaster, literary scholar, and translator. As the frontwoman of Kaisa Ling Thing,
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Claude Debussy: Revolutionary of French Classical Music
Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer whose groundbreaking harmonic language and sensuous textural
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