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EUROPA CANTAT XX 27 July–5 August 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia FESTIVAL GUIDE Estonia FESTIVAL in Tallinn, 2018 XX 27 July–5 August CANTAT EUROPA EUROPA CANTAT XX 27 July–5 August 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia Sing from your heart Sing together and soul! with your friends! THERE ARE A Sing lots of new music! Sing with great conductors! WAYS TO SING www.ectallinn2018.ee FESTIVAL GUIDE [email protected] Phone: (+372) 57 830 830 (+372) 57 830 838 #EuropaCantat2018 www.ectallinn2018.ee Festival Schedule at a Glance DATE MORNING AFTERNOON EVENING 27.07. Arrival and check-in Arrival and check-in 28.07. 09.30–12.30 Atelier 13.00-14.30 Lunch 20.00 Opening rehearsals, discovery 14.00-14.30 Public Open Singing Ceremony ateliers 15.00-18.00 Open-Air Concerts 22.00 Night concert 09.30–13.00 Conductors’ 15.00-17.45 Choir-to-choir concerts and composers’ programme 18.00-18.45 Open Singing for participants 10.00-20.00 Craft Market 18.30-20.00 Dinner Open singing for Choirs 29.07. 09.30–12.30 Atelier 13.00-14.30 Lunch 20.00 Concerts rehearsals, discovery 14.00-14.30 Public Open Singing ateliers 15.00-19.00 Open-Air Concerts 09.30–13.00 Conductors’ 15.00-17.45 Choir-to-choir concerts and composers’ programme 18.00-18.45 Open Singing for participants 18.30-20.00 Dinner 30.07. 09.30–12.30 Atelier 13.00-14.30 Lunch 19.30 Night of Choirs rehearsals, discovery 14.00-14.30 Public Open Singing 22.00 Night Concert ateliers 15.00-17.30 Open-Air Concerts Open singing for all 09.30–13.00 Conductors’ 15.00-17.45 Choir-to-choir concerts and composers’ programme 18.00-18.45 Open Singing for participants 18.30-20.00 Dinner 31.07. 09.30–12.30 Atelier 13.00-14.30 Lunch 20.00 Concerts rehearsals, discovery 14.00-14.30 Public Open Singing 22.00 Night concert ateliers 15.00-17.45 Final performances of 4-day ateliers 09.30–13.00 Conductors’ 15.00-17.45 Choir-to-choir Concerts and composers’ programme 15.00-18.00 Open-Air Concerts 18.00-18.45 Open Singing for participants 18.30-20.00 Dinner 1.08. 09.30–12.30 Atelier 13.00-14.30 Lunch 20.00 Concerts and rehearsals, discovery 14.00-14.30 Public Open Singing promenade concert ateliers 15.00-17.45 fi nal performances of 5-day ateliers 09.30–13.00 Conductors’ 15.00-18.00 Open-Air Concerts and composers’ programme 18.00-18.45 Open Singing for participants 18.30-20.00 Dinner 2.08. 09.30–12.30 Atelier 13.00-14.30 Lunch 20.00 Concerts rehearsals, discovery 14.00-14.30 Public Open Singing ateliers 15.00-17.45 Final performances of 6-day ateliers 09.30–13.00 Conductors’ 15.00-19.00 Open-Air Concerts and composers’ programme 18.00-18.45 Open Singing for participants 18.30-20.00 Dinner 3.08. 09.30–12.30 Atelier 13.00 Atelier Concert 19.00 Anniversary rehearsals, discovery 13.00-14.30 Lunch concert Happy ateliers 14.00-14.45 Bus transfer to Song Festival Grounds Birthday, Estonia! 09.30–13.00 Conductors’ 15.00–18.00 General rehearsal of the and fi nal performance and composers’ programme anniversary concert for all participants of the 7-day atelier 17.15-18.30 Picnic Dinner at Song Festival Ground 4.08. 09.30–12.30 Atelier 13.00-14.30 Lunch 20.00 Final rehearsals, discovery 16.30-17.45 Final performances of 8-day ateliers performances of ateliers 18.00-18.45 Open Singing for participants 8-day ateliers 09.30–13.00 Conductors’ 18.30-20.00 Dinner 22.00 Farewell party and composers’ programme 5.08. Departure This schedule is subject to changes! Index Welcome 4 The EUROPA CANTAT festival 6 Estonian Choral Association 7 European Choral Association – EUROPA CANTAT 8 Festival’s Institutional Bodies 10 Festival Team 10 YEMP4 – Young Event Management Programme 12 Participating Countries 14 Music EXPO 16 Youth Committee & Youth Corner 18 EVTA Voice Clinic 19 Ateliers 20 Holland House 31 Discovery Ateliers 32 Conductors’ and Composers’ Programme and Study Tour 40 European Award For Choral Composers 54 Commissions of the Festival 56 Conductors and Speakers 62 Open Singing 78 Regional Concerts 79 2 Welcome 4 Open-Air Concerts 80 The EUROPA CANTAT festival 6 Tallinn International Organ Festival 82 Estonian Choral Association 7 Main Programme 83 European Choral Association – EUROPA CANTAT 8 Saturday, 28 July 84 Festival’s Institutional Bodies 10 Opening Concert 85 Festival Team 10 Sunday, 29 July 88 YEMP4 – Young Event Management Programme 12 Monday, 30 July 92 Participating Countries 14 Night of Choirs / KooriÖÖ 94 Music EXPO 16 Tuesday, 31 July 96 Youth Committee & Youth Corner 18 Wednesday, 1 August 106 EVTA Voice Clinic 19 Promenade Concert 118 Thursday, 2 August 120 Ateliers 20 Friday, 3 August 129 Holland House 31 Happy Birthday, Estonia! 130 Discovery Ateliers 32 Saturday, 4 August 133 Conductors’ and Composers’ Programme ’sing outside the box’ 138 and Study Tour 40 Venues 144 European Award For Choral Composers 54 Festival Information 152 Commissions of the Festival 56 General Information 156 Conductors and Speakers 62 Discounts 162 Open Singing 78 Partners and Sponsors 166 Regional Concerts 79 Photographic images supplied courtesy of Gerttu Alteberg, Linda Liis Eek, Madli Viigimaa and the archives of the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat, if not indicated otherwise. 33 Dear friends of choral music and choral singing! Choral music unites. It builds roads between From the 27th July until the 5th August, Tallinn cultures, languages and musical traditions. becomes the world’s capital of choral singing, when Singing together, we experience the union of — for it is the first time in its 57-year history — ancient consciousness and modern values. We EUROPA CANTAT takes place here. I am confident become capable of communicating directly with that our city, which prides itself as a supportive one another—irrespective of how old we might be, centre for cultural and creative enterprises, will or whatever we may or may not believe in. provide our guests with all they need in their Our own Estonian choral tradition is famed across artistic activities. the world. We are delighted to share this heritage —found in every Estonian’s heart— with each and More than 4000 participants from all over the world every one of you. —singers, conductors, composers— are welcome to At EUROPA CANTAT singers make new friends for Tallinn, where they will communicate not only just life. And it is not only a fertile meeting ground with each other but with the whole world, in the just for singers, but also for artistic adminis- universal language: the language of music. trators and all advocates of choral music. It hosts a multitude of fruitful conversations, from which With our nation’s unique tradition of choral singing, exciting partnerships will undoubtedly develop and we can ensure that for these ten days, will be a stimulate musical life across the planet. At this haven for all the participants, and a cradle for festival, choral music from different traditions is an exciting, memorable festival. After so many shared and taken home by choirs as new repertoire. years of hosting Laulupidu, Estonia’s very own It is an event where amateurs and professionals song festival, the locals know only too well how speak the same language and inspire one another. to support and appreciate such a large, vibrant Welcome to sunny Estonia, which—thanks to you—is musical event. We are certain that the days you will honoured to become the world’s centre of choral spend here will create beautiful memories. music in 2018, as home to the EUROPA CANTAT family. Welcome to Tallinn, Europa Cantat! Sincerely Taavi Aas Mayor of Tallinn Indrek Saar Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia 4 EUROPA CANTAT is an event carrying real European Welcome to the EUROPA CANTAT XX festival, values. This year we are celebrating its 20th Europe’s most exciting choral event! anniversary and despite our long and rich tradi- tions, fortunately we feel younger than ever. With We hope that you will enjoy colourful, happy, the unique and rich choice of activities we would like beautiful, exciting and inspiring days here in Tallinn. to embrace the whole European singing community Be prepared to experience some of the world’s (around 37 million people), people of any age, skill leading choirs, vocal ensembles, conductors and and musical genre within our network and beyond. composers from wide range of styles, united by Our goal is to inspire them to think and sing ’outside their love for singing together. Open your minds the box’, and never stop being hungry for learning and hearts, and you will discover numerous new from each other and getting to know the treasures ideas for yourself — there are a million ways to of other cultures. sing and you can experience virtually all of them here in Tallinn. With our hearts and ears open towards our fellow humans, we music-makers might sense today that The three main themes for our festival programme we need to strive more than ever to unite and are: share, to help create mutual understanding of the Sing Together – Change the Planet love and joy singing brings. Each festival creates Sing Across Cultures, Genres and Generations new challenges and outstanding opportunities to New Time Singing – singing in the 21st century showcase how collective singing might reach out and the future.