Estonian Music Week Launch

Thursday, February 15th at 6pm, the launch of Estonian Music Week (EMW) will take place at Tartu College. From May 24-29, 2018, EMW will take place in Toronto. A week long series of musical events will introduce diverse and high quality Estonian music and striking Estonian musicians from Estonia and North America mixed with the best performers of the Canadian music scene.

The festival concert program will include contemporary Estonian classical music, choir music, jazz, folk music and its different interpretations, electronic pop music etc. In addition to pieces by Estonian composers, the festival will also be featuring works by Canadian-Estonian composers.

EMW is one of the main events to celebrate Estonian Republic 100 in Canada. The festival is organized by the Estonian Studies Centre/VEMU (Canada) and Avarus (Estonia). The festival partners and sponsors are: The Royal Conservatory of Music’s 21C Music Festival, EV100, Toronto Arts Council, Estonian Foundation of Canada, and Estonian Credit Union (Toronto).

You can learn more about who will be performing and many more exciting festival details at the festival launch and/or by keeping your eye on the festival website www.estonianmusicweek.ca. Sneak peek performance from Kaili Kinnon.

Laul teeb rinna rõõmsaks!
Song is food for the soul!