
Namgar, the Buryat star will bring the mysteries of Mongolian and Buryatian traditional music to this years festival.
On 4-6 April Tallinn will buzz with festival excitement while 30 music venues will fill up with music fans and 233 artists from 20 countries. Good music and good food being a match made in heaven, this year's festival has hand-picked a selection of town's best restaurants and eateries that offer special menus and discounts to festival guests. Festival goers will have a chance to visit 16 restaurants over 3 afternoons, just before hitting the music clubs.
Tallinn Music Week that has grown into one of the biggest indoor festivals in the Baltic region,spans diverse musical styles and genres, having developed dedicated programmes for classical music, contemporary composition, folk and jazz and the whole spectrum that popular music has to offer.
International highlights this year include the dream pop sensation Me and My Drummer from Berlin, playful electronic visionaries Rangleklods from Denmark and the all-girl electro punk attack LCMDF from Finland. As international interest for the festival has grown significantly, so has the number of countries represented in the programme. The artist line-up is proud of the Iberi choir from Georgia, graffiti artists and dub step stars 3421 from Israel, Belarus’ art rock trio Folkmashina and the Spanish trumpeter Adan Delgado Illada. And last but not least, Namgar will bring over the mysteries of Mongolian and Buryatian traditional music.
Finland is big at this year’s TMW with 26 artists in the programme; Russia and Lithuania have strong line-ups with 6 artists from each country. Denmark and UK follow with 5. Estonia is represented by 165 versatile acts from all genres and subgenres.
This year the festival has also teamed up with the annual world-travelling series of music workshops for DJ-s, vocalists and music enthusiasts, the Red Bull Music Academy, celebrating its 15th birthday at Tallinn Music Week. Their showcase will present Estonian artists who have participated in the Academy’s international events throughout the years, and also the drum’n’bass and breakstep legend DJ Zinc from UK.
The festival’s City Stage programme will take new music to unexpected locations and venues in the city – book shops, galleries, record stores, cafés, design studios, hotel bars and elsewhere –, offering free of charge daytime concerts by selected TMW artists.
On its 5th birthday TMW has launched a brand new festival edition: TMW restaurants’ showcase “TMW Tastes”! From April 4-6 a selection of 16 hand-picked restaurants will offer special afternoon tasting menus and discounts to festival pass holders. So, before hitting the clubs, festival goers can try the best culinary achievements Tallinn has to offer from high end fine dining like Gloria, the legendary gastronomy institution of Estonia from 1937 to local’s favourites, the hip and bohemian F-hoone or Von Krahl’s “Aed”. Special menus are available from 3 pm to 6 pm, so you can plan for a 3-day tasting journey through 16 restaurants before the festival concerts in music venues start. Restaurant festival programme: www.tmw.ee/food
The full programme of restaurants, venues, artists and interactive city maps can be easily found with the help of the new smart phone application EMT Live that will make it easy to compile your personal festival programme and purchase tickets. EMT Live smart phone application will be available shortly free of charge from Google Play and AppStore.
Last year 11 200 music fans and 589 music industry delegates participated in TMW, this year we expect a truly international crowd from all the neighbouring countries and beyond – both as festival goers and industry professionals. The hub for TMW’s conference and music industry pro’s will remain to be the wonderful Nordic Hotel Forum, but we expect hotels and guest houses to fill up soon, so book your trip as soon as you can!
“This is a city relishing its creative freedom, which during the course of the fourth Tallinn Music Week is showcased by hundreds of diverse musical acts, both from Estonia and other (mainly north European) countries. Estonia is a small country and capital Tallinn only has a population of 416,000, yet it was European Capital of Culture in 2011: there is a lot going on.” - Clash
“For the most part, being in Tallinn felt much like being in any modern European city: tall buildings, classy hotels, department stores, sleek restaurants and clubs. Tallinn’s old town, on the other hand, felt very much like stepping back into the medieval ages or, as locals described it, a “fairy tale land.” - FILTER Magazine
Festival passes for 35€ are on sale at:
Piletilevi in Estonia: www.piletilevi.ee
Tiketti in Finland: www.tiketti.fi
Bilesuserviss in Latvia: www.bilesuserviss.lv
Light Music in St. Petersburg: www.light-music.ru
Bilietu Pasaulis in Lithuania: www.bilietupasaulis.lt/
Delegate’s passes with 175 EUR until 10th March here: http://tmw.ee/register_2013n.php (starting from 11th March 225 EUR)
TMW 2012 statistics:
27 stages
183 artists from 13 countries
150 artists from Estonia
11 200 festival visitors
589 delegates
61 549 unique hits on the website from 110 countries
Stay tuned to TMW:
www.tmw.ee
facebook.com/tallinnmusicweek
TMW 2013 partners and supporters:
Main supporters: Skype, Nordic Hotel Forum, EMT
Supporters: Red Bull Music Academy, Tuborg Music
Partners: ERR, Raadio2, Delfi, Rada7.ee, Müürileht, Viru Keskus, EMAK, garage48, ISIC, Hansabuss, RGB, Eventech, Papyrus, ETEP, CEETEP
Funders: Kultuurkapital, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication, Enterprise Estonia, European Regional Development Fund, Embassy of the United States
Estonia.eu – positively surprising
Visitestonia.com
Tallinn Music Week 2013 is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, which helps to reinforce economic and social cohesion by redressing regional imbalances. This is achieved by supporting the development and structural adjustment of regional economies.
Artists at TMW 2013:
Estonia:
3Pead
5LOOPS
Algorütmid
Ajukaja & Mart Avi
Andreas Lend
Andy Hug
Argo Vals Band
Armastus
Artimus Ensemble
AudioKinetica
AudioVisual Composition @ EAMT
Bisweed
Burn Still
Candy Empire
Centron
Chaos In Motion
Crystal Cloisters
Cubus Larvik
Dahling
Def Räädu
DIGITAL DIGITAL
DJ Quest
DJ TSR
DND
DVPH
Edgar Poes Favourite Cat
Elephants From Neptune
Emerald
Emphasis
Epordwerk
Espirit
Evelin Seppar
Evestus
Eysin
Facelift Deer
Faun Racket
Firejose
Flank
Frankie Animal
Fuck Yuo I'm a Robot
Galvanic Elephants
Gee
Gert-Ott Kuldpärg
Gjansta
Gorõ Lana
Grässhoppas
Halfbrother
Heili Rosin
Heinavanker
Highmachine
HU?
I Wear* Experiment
Id Rev
Iiris
Irina Zahharenkova
Ivi Ots
Jaan Ots
Jagaspace
Jakob Juhkam
Joel Remmeli trio
Joel Tammik ja Madis Vahtramäe
Johan Randvere
Johannes Välja
Johansonid
Kadri Voorand
Kali Briis
Kannabinõid
Kello Hitty
KGB
Konveier
Kosmofon
Kristel Pärtna
Kuma
Kõrsikud
Lauri-Dag Tüür
Leslie Da Bass
Liis Viira
Luka
Luna Vulgaris
Maarja Nuut
Machineries Of Joy
MaiGroup
MaiNekk
Maksim Štšura
Margaret
Margo Kõlar
Mari Kalkun
Mari Pokinen, Sten-Olle ja Aivar Surva.
Marike Kruup
Marlena Keine
Marten Kuningas
Marten Limbach
Martin Sildos
Midrid
MIMproject
Morgue's Last Choice
Mr.Nestor
Mr.Garfield
Multiphonic Rodent
Mutated Forms
Neeme Ots
NEON NOIR
Nevesis
Obscured
Odd Hugo
Of Roofs Genes & Stolen Meanings
Oleg Pissarenko Band
Outloudz
OYT
Paabel
Paean
pastacas
Pirjo Püvi
Prezioso
Project Dekadenz
Põhja-Tallinn
Ralf Taal
Raul Sööt Deeper Sound
Redneck Rampage
Risto Joost
RO:TORO
Robert Jürjendal
Ruslan PX band
Sander Mölder
Sibyl Vane
Sigmund
Sinai
Slin
Slippery Slope
Sofia Rubina
Sooäär-Vaigla-Ruben
Superskankers
Suur Papa
Svjata Vatra
Zahir
Zebra Island
Zetod
Ziggy Wild
Taak
Tallinn Daggers
Tallinna Kammerorkester
Taraj
Tarbijakaitse
Tartu Popi ja Roki Instituut
Tenfold Rabbit
Thou Shell of Death
Tolmunud Mesipuu
Triin Niitoja & John4
Triinu Taul
Trio Linda Anette Suss - Theodor Peeter Sink - Sten Heinoja
Trio Robert Traksmann-Marcel Johannes Kits-Rasmus Andreas Raide
Una Corda
WECAN
VEM
Who Framed Roger Moore?
Viljandi Guitar Trio
VindPower
Virgo Veldi
Voces Musicales
Wolfredt
vonKuusk band
Wrupk Urei
Vul Vulpes
Wyrm Sub Terra
Ülo Krigul
Finland:
Aino Venna
Antti Tolvi
Anttipasta
Apples of Idun
Avasaxa
Barry Andrewsin Disko
Big Wave Riders
Black Lizard
Black Twig
Daco Junior
Eva & Manu
HeadHeartHands
Heavyweight
Hexvessel
Khroma
Kiki Pau
Lady Escape
Lau Nau
LCMDF
Lovex
Mr. Peter Hayden
NEØV
Paleface & Matre
Super Janne
Tuomari Nurmio
Waltari
Russia:
Chikiss
Kim & Buran
Mooncake
Paradith
Trelleborg
Hungary:
Megazetor
Spain:
Adan Delgado Illada
Germany:
Chinawoman
Me and My Drummer
Latvia:
Alise Joste
Astro'n'Out
Triana Park
Luxemburg:
Sun Glitters
Poland:
Trés.b
BRODKA
Lithuania:
Deeper Upper
Kurak
Nightjar
Rasabasa
Vaiper Despotin
Without Letters
Norway:
HighasKite
Pelbo
Denmark:
Dance With Dirt
Five Seasons
Louie Fontaine & The starlight searchers
Rangleklods
Shiny Darkly
Iceland:
Páll Ragnar Pálsson
Ruxpin
Sometime
Ukraine:
My Personal Murderer
Belarus:
FOLKMASHINA
UK:
After the Ice
DeLooze
Honeybloom
Zinc
The Wild Eyes
Traams
Georgia:
Iberi Choir
Israel:
3421
Belgium:
Kapitan Korsakov
Buryat:
NAMGAR