The\u00a0first live-streamed concert on the new channel<\/a>, \u201cEyes of the Beholder\u201d, will be performed as part of the\u00a0Baltic Music Days \/ the Estonian Music Days festival<\/a>\u00a0at the Estonia Concert Hall.<\/p>\n \u201cEPCC.TV<\/a>\u00a0is the digital concert hall of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir \u2013 an online platform that enables to watch live streams of our concerts and offers a selection of previous performances, valuable broadcasts, interviews as well as glimpses of backstage and making of music,\u201d the communication manager of the choir, Anneli Ivaste, told Estonian World.<\/p>\n \u201cThe new channel presents many valuable videos about the activity of the choir. For example, there are rare archive materials introducing the Estonian great choral master, Veljo Tormis, whose authentic and unique compositions based on the ancient folk songs of Estonian and other Finnic peoples have become a source of endless inspiration for many Estonian and world choirs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Many other works by Estonian composers, such as Erkki-Sven T\u00fc\u00fcr, Arvo P\u00e4rt, Galina Grigorjeva, \u00dclo Krigul, Mart Saar, Margo K\u00f5lar and M\u00e4rt-Matis Lill, are highlighted. The channel \u2013 free of charge to use \u2013 also features a concert that took place in honour of Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Estonia in 2006.<\/p>\n Ivaste said the purpose of creating the continuously expanding online video platform was to communicate with the choir\u2019s listeners from all over the world and to offer its audience the possibility to be entertained by musical performances, provided with studio-quality audio alongside a crystal-clear video stream. Some video clips also look behind the scenes of the globetrotting choir\u2019s everyday life.<\/p>\n The first live-streamed concert on the channel, \u201cEyes of the Beholder\u201d, will be performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and soloists under the baton of young conductor Mihhail Gerts. They concert will feature a chamber opus written by Mariliis Valkonen; an overture-like composition by Kristjan K\u00f5rver; music by Malle Maltis combining symphonic orchestra with electronics; pieces for chamber choir and symphonic orchestra by Evelin Seppar and Alisson Kruusmaa; and contemporary Latvian and Lithuanian music.<\/p>\n The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir was founded in 1981 by conductor T\u00f5nu Kaljuste. The repertoire of the choir extends from the Gregorian chant and baroque to the music of the 21st century, with a special focus on the work of Estonian composers, such as Arvo P\u00e4rt, Veljo Tormis, Erkki-Sven T\u00fc\u00fcr, Galina Grigoryeva, Toivo Tulev, T\u00f5nu K\u00f5rvits, Helena Tulve \u2013 and introducing their output to the world.<\/p>\n The\u00a0choir\u00a0has also worked with many of the world-class orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Rundfunk Orchestra, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, the Philip Glass Ensemble, the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and many others.<\/p>\n Before the COVID-19 pandemic imposed travel restrictions around the world, the choir gave about 60\u201370 concerts both in Estonia and abroad during each concert season. This summer, the choir is hoping to start performing abroad again \u2013 in Europe, at least.<\/p>\nDigital concert hall<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Founded by T\u00f5nu Kaljuste<\/h3>\n
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