An exhibition of the works of Martin Saar, Meru and Navitrolla

in gallery Krebsen

August 20, 2010 - September 3, 2010

An evening of jazz with Jaak Sooäär (guitar) and Tuule Kann (citar)

in the restaurant Krebsegaarden

August 24, 2010

Estonian menu by Rene Uusmees in the restaurant Krebsegaarden

August 20, 2010 – September 3, 2010

An exhibition of the works of Estonian artists Martin Saar, Meru and Navitrolla will be open to public from Friday 20 August 2010 to Friday 3 September 2010 in the gallery Krebsen in Copenhagen.

In relation to the exhibition an Estonian menu, compiled by Rene Uusmees, the chef of the Estonian restaurant MEKK in Tallinn, will be offered in the restaurant Krebsegaarden from 20 August 2010 to 3 September 2010.

On Tuesday 24 August Estonian musicians Jaak Sooäär (guitar) and Tuule Kann (citar) will give a concert in restaurant Krebsegaarden, thus making it possible to simultaneously enjoy Estonian food, music and art in Copenhagen.

Gallery Krebsen and restaurant Krebsegaarden are situated on Studiestræde 17, 1455 Copenhagen K and can be found on-line at http://www.krebsegaarden.dk

Further information concerning the time of the concert, terms for booking a table etc will follow as the events draw nearer.

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These and many other amazing characters were seen in a playful fantasy in which actor Tarmo Männard told his favourite stories. This took place in Copenhagen, at the hall next to Enghave church on May 24, 2010.

Foreign Minister Urmas Paet introduced Tallinn’s Capital of Culture projects to the Danish cultural minister during their meeting. The foreign minister stated that Tallinn being the European Capital of Culture in 2011 is an important event for all of Estonia. “This is a good opportunity for Tallinn as well as all of Estonia to introduce our country and our culture,” said Paet.

Paet and Møller confirmed that bilateral relations between Estonia and Denmark are undeniably good and close. The foreign minister brought up the vital role that the Danish Cultural Institute in Tallinn plays in maintaining and developing Danish-Estonian cultural ties.

Today President Toomas Hendrik Ilves presented Danish Minister of Culture Per Stig Møller with the Order of the Cross of Terra Marianna I Class.

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Border controls will be carried out in accordance with the Schengen Borders Code and State Borders Act.

Lys-Mørke, Øst-Vest
(Light – Darkness, East – West)

Program:
Poulenc: Laudes 
Holst: Rig Veda hymner III 
Poulenc: Quatre petites prières
Pause
Tormis: Kaks laulu Ernst Enno sõnadele
Rakhmaninov: Ave Maria 
Tormis: Jaanilaulud

24 February at 19.00 o’clock a reception is held at the embassy for Estonians residing in Denmark and members of the Danish-Estonian Society. Registration is required no later than Friday, 19 February 2010, by e-mail embassy.copenhagen@mfa.ee or by phone 39 46 30 70.

Concurrently the exhibition of Külli Suitso’s paintings is opened. Külli Suitso is an Estonian artist living and working in Denmark. Under the title "PAKENDID" she exhibits oil paintings created in the last years. The exhibition stays at the embassy until the summer of 2010. More information about the artist on her homepage www.kylli.dk

Per Stig Møller, the Foreign Minister of Denmark, a supporter of Estonia’s joining of the EU and NATO – the 1st Class Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana;

Claus Byrith, sound restorer on the project „Estonian Sound Recording 1939" – the 5th Class Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana;

The Finnish writer Sofi Oksanen's bestselling novel Purge has been published in Danish under the title "Renselse".

Purge is a chilling drama of two generations of women, set in wartime 1940’s Estonia during the Soviet occupation and in the same country in the 90’s as it grapples with the realities of a new Europe. Narrated through a polyphonic choir of individual voices, Purge tells the suspenseful and dramatic story of Aliide Truu, an old Estonian woman whose hands are soiled with the crimes she committed during the Soviet era, and Zara, a young trafficking victim who in the present has managed to escape and has come to seek shelter at Aliide’s countryside home. As the two women start to approach each other and the links between them are revealed, a tragic and complex family drama of rivalry, lust, and loss that plays out during the worst years of the Soviet occupation of Estonia unfolds.

The novel has won its author Finland’s premier literary award, The Finlandia Award 2008, and is short listed for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2010.

Purge is translated from Finnish by Helena Idström and published by Rosinante.

Open dress rehearsal

ARVO PÄRT & EARLY MUSIC

FIRST PERFORMANCE OF NEW VERSION OF MISSA SYLLABICA

GARNISON CHURCH, COPENHAGEN
27. JANUARY 2010, 13.00 O’CLOCK

FREE ENTRANCE

The Theatre of Voices welcomes the public to an open dress rehearsal, preparing for their concerts in Italy. In addition to Missa Syllabica Stabat Mater, Wallfartslied and other works by Arvo Pärt will be performed along with the music of Perotin, Machaut and Dufay. The strings quartet is NYYD Quartet from Estonia.

Climate Bottom Meeting- Windows of Hope - will primarily take place at Christiania, at The Meadow of Peace (Fredens Eng) and The Factory (Fabrikken) with the cinema The City of Lights (Byens lys), from the 5th to the 18th of December, 2009.

Representatives of three Estonian citizen initiatives participate in the Climate Bottom Meeting.

The organisers behind the country-wide clean-up project „Teeme Ära” („Let’s do it”) Rainer Nõlvak and Toomas Trapido will talk about the realisation of the project in Estonia and try to find people to take the same project up in their own countries. “Teeme Ära” is becoming global – next year Portugal, Slovenia and Rumenia will be cleaned as a part of the project. In Bangalore, India, the clean-up takes place for the second year. The organizers of “Teeme Ära” dream of cleaning the oceans and achieving a clean planet by 2012.

“ReUse Concert” is a project presenting fenno-ugric singing and sustainable fashion. The Estonian singer Tõnis Mägi and actresses Anne Türnpu, Kärt Johanson, Maret Mursa, Ingrit Vaher and Eva Klemets, as well as the fashion designer Reet Aus put on a show combining a concert and a fashion show. All the costumes are created of recycled materials by the Estonian fashion designer Reet Aus. Sound designed by Ville Hyvönen. “ReUse Concert” takes place on Saturday, the 12^th of December at 20.20 in Christiania.

Ingvar Villido ja Ave Oit from Lilleoru keskus („Valley of Flowers”) take part in meetings with the spiritual leaders of the world, who address Climate Change by awakening to oneness. On December 11, 10.00 – 13.00 o’clock Ingvar Villido takes part of the discussion ““How do we teach a new worldview and new values?”, by talking about “Intuition as the basis for all learning  - how do we develop it?”. On December 12, 12.55 – 13-40 o’clock he talks about “Why the global situation is the way it is and how is it related to each individual?”

More information can be found on the homepage of Climate Bottom Meetingu – Windows of Hope.

The exhibition is open to public Monday to Friday from 10 to 17 and on Saturdays from 10 to 14. No entrance fee.

The concert begins at 19.30, tickets are available in Musikhuset Aarhus or via Billetnet. 

See also:
http://www.aarhussymfoni.dk/sw6470.asp
http://www.kristjanjarvi.com/

Kalli Kalde works as a drawing and graphics teacher in both Tartu Art School and Tartu Art College. She has participated in exhibitions since 1988 and illustrated several books.

The artist herself explains the birth of her water-themed paintings as follows:

"For the past 16 years I have lived in Southern Estonia, Põlvamaa, in an old farmhouse by a little lake. The lake is the first thing I see from my bedroom window every morning. I like looking at the lake, every day, again and again. The reflections of the trees in the summer blue, the endlessly changing water patterns."



The exhibition is open for public on workdays between 13 and 17.
The paintings will be exhibited until the end of the year. 

More information about the artist: http://www.hot.ee/fresko/

The Director of the Danish Cultural Institute in Estonia
Silvi Teesalu
presents her book

Deporteret til Sibirien

This is a book about Silvi’s mother, who was deported to Siberia with her family. Published in Estonian in 2003 under the title "Sirelid õitsevad juunis", the book has been translated to Danish by Peter Kyhn and published by Gyldendal.

Presentation of the book in Århus will take place at the bookstore GAD, Søndergade 20, Århus.

The film will be shown on the following days:
Friday 18/09 at 10:45 in CinemaxX
Monday 21/09 at 11:45 in Tisvilde Bio og Bistro
Tuesday 22/09 at 12:00 in  Humle Bio
Monday 29/09 at 11:00 in Bio Langeland 
Wednesday 01/10 at 11:00 in Næstved Bio

Additional information about the film can be found at http://www.klassifilm.com and http://www.amrion.ee/   

The filmfestivals homepage: www.buster.dk

A few words about the film from the festivals catalogue:

„A question of honour” could be a fitting subtitle for Ilmar Raag’s heart- and brain-rending portrait of an Estonian school class, where bullying has turned into bitter and uncompromising horror. Joosep is the class’s notorious victim. Not one day or hour passes that he isn’t thrown naked into the girl’ changing room or beaten to pulp in the school yard. When Kaspar, one of the class’s popular boys, one day defends Joosep all hell breaks loose. Despite all the best intentions, Kaspar’s attempts to help Joosep are used as further ammunition to bully the poor lad , who ends up taking the last possible way out. „The Class” is so horrendous that one wishes it was pure fiction. But unfortunately, it isn’t.