At 19:00 (GMT +2) on March 10, Estonian Public Broadcasting's Klassikaraadio will be airing live and internationally the world debut of composer Erkki-Sven Tüür's new piece, "Awakening," commissioned ...

Composer Erkki-Sven Tüür was awarded the University of Tartu Contribution to Estonian National Identity award at the university's 102nd anniversary celebration event on Wednesday. "I am moved to my ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. WHEN Erkki-Sven Tuur was 19, he and a group of friends formed a band called In Spe. Their first performance was at the Tallinn ...

Indie musicians with classical pretensions are nothing new. Jonny Greenwood’s orchestral soundtracks and Bryce Dessner’s symphonic output immediately come to mind – two art rock guitarists in ...

So much late-20th and early-21st Century classical music has a movie soundtrack quality about it. Replete with dramatic crescendos and sinister diminuendos, these extended compositions sound as if ...

Tonu Kaljuste, founder of both the esteemed Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, both of which have contributed to the worldwide appreciation of contemporary Estonian ...

There's still some debate about the proper title for what's usually referred to as Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. One of the piece's jokes is that music of real ...

Arvo Part may be the most celebrated composer to come out of Estonia, but to judge by a riveting concert at the Phillips Collection on Thursday night, the place is a smallish hotbed of musical talent.

Classical music doesn’t stop at Ravinia simply because the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has vacated the premises. A new series of early-evening recitals in Bennett-Gordon Hall has been filling the ...