Eesti Muusika Nädal

The Estonian Music Week Estonian Interprets Festival puts the spotlight on Estonian music – solo and chamber music – performed by esteemed Estonian performers. The festival invites you to take a journey through the history of Estonian professional music, reflecting the different stages of its development. In 2024, the festival’s authors’ evenings will focus on the works of Jaan Räätsa, Raimo Kangro and Jüri Reinver, with favourites including little-known or unperformed pieces.

The programme of the festival has been put together by the board of the Estonian Interpreter’s Association, consisting of Arvo Leibur, Henry-David Varema, Indrek Vau, Mihkel Poll and Peep Lassmann. The performers have been selected according to the specific work, so that the interpretation can reflect certain interesting features of the work/period of the composer’s work. In total, the festival will feature 41 performers from different disciplines.

The festival has grown out of the Estonian Interpreter’s Association’s 2018 festival “Virmalised”, which focused on Estonian piano music written over a hundred years. The festivals of the past years have given an insight into the chamber music of Rudolf Tobias, Artur Lemba, Eduard Tubin, Eduard Oja, Ester Mägi, Eino Tamberg, Kuldar Sing, Mati Kuulberg, Lepo Sumera, Rein Rannap, Erkki-Sven Tüür and Tõnu Kõrvitsa.

The festival is organised in cooperation between the Estonian Performers’ Association and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
The festival is supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and the City of Tallinn.