The Great Escape festivali raames Brightonis toimuval iga-aastasel rahvusvahelisel muusikakonverentside auhinnagaalal Yearly Music Conference Awards sai Tallinn Music Week tänavu parima konverentsihotelli tiitli.

During the next three weeks Rada7 one of 2012 TMW's showcase presenter and the leading Estonian music and culture webzine (www.rada7.ee), will publish a selection of delegate interviews from this year's TMW conference.

Estonia is a unique country. It’s a very new country – only regaining independence in 1991 – and it’s also one of the most progressive. It's also the only Baltic state running an international music conference. And Skype is from Estonia!

10. mail jõuab heade plaadipoodide vinüüliriiulitele psühhedeelse amatöörkollektiivi Väljasõit rohelisse 10-tolline debüüt vinüül-EP “Külastus”, mida on hea koos veini, moonisaiakeste ja kaasaskantava kohvervinüülimängijaga piknikule kaasa võtta.

On the 8th of May the debut 10” EP “Külastus” from psychedelic amateur affair Väljasõit rohelisse will hit the shelves of all good record stores in Estonia and UK.

Mullu üle-eestilise konkursi „Noortebänd 2011“ võitnud kolmeliikmeline bänd Sibyl Vane avaldas täna veebis oma teise singli „Get Out of Town“. Tegemist on Raadio 2 poolt välja pandud eriauhinnaga.

The Tallinn Music Week’s annual Skype Award goes to an experimental doom-metal duo Talbot – a band which has been a true champion of the DIY philosophy in the Estonian music scene. The prestigious title Skype’s Go Change the World Award that is being given out for the fourth time includes a support sum of €3500 by TMW’s main sponsor and partner Skype.

Tallinn Music Weeki peatoetaja Skype’i poolt neljandat aastat välja antava auhinna võitjaks valiti sel korral Talbot. Koos maineka tiitliga Skype’s Go Change the World Award kaasneb bändile ka €3500 suurune rahaline preemia.

The frenzied art-kraut-techno-improv ensemble Kreatiivmootor will play at the 16th Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival (SKIF) to be held in St Petersburg, Russia on May 18-19.

Täna, 12. aprillil avame TMW kodulehel hääletuse mainekale Skype’s Go Change the World Award tiitlile. See on auhind, mille võitja valivad Tallinn Music Week delegaadid ja välispress koos Skype’i meeskonna ja publikuga.

The annual showcase festival and music industry conference Tallinn Music Week took place for the fourth time and this year presented a record number of promising artists from 13 countries. The 183 bands and artists performing on 27 festival stages gathered 11 200 visitors. The festival’s conference programme was attended by 589 local and international delegates.

Eesti andekaim ja stiilseim ajakiri Anne & Stiil koostöös Tallinn Music Weekiga andsid sel aastal esimest korda välja stiiliauhinna, mille pälvis ülekaalukalt ansambel Tenfold Rabbit. Võitja valis ajakirja toimetus välja lugejate kaasabil ajakirja Facebook-lehel.

It was clear right from the start that last week's Tallinn Music Week was not your ordinary music festival – and Estonia not your average country.

It began with a warning. Opening the fourth Tallinn Music Week, Estonia’s President Toomas Hendrik Ilves cautioned, “In a free society, it’s risk-free. In an un-free society, it’s not risk-free. It’s not all fun.” From behind a hotel conference room lectern, he then began rolling a video of Russia’s Pussy Riot being arrested in Moscow a few days earlier.

Musically, Estonia is still emerging - but Tallinn Music Week, held here last weekend, is changing that. In its fourth year, the event has established its position as one of Europe's leading showcase festivals and conferences.

Neljandat korda toimunud Tallinn Music Week festivalil esines 183 esinejat 11 200 muusikasõbrale ning 306 väliskülalisele. Konverentsi avasid president Toomas Hendrik Ilves ja kultuuriminister Rein Lang.

When the President of Estonia opens Tallinn Music Week with a speech quoting Jello Biafra and PJ Harvey, you know you are in a cool country. He also shows a video of punk band Pussy Riot playing a guerrilla gig in a Russian Orthodox Church...

Täna hommikul algas Tallinn Music Weeki konverents. Avamisel ütlesid tervitussõnad vabariigi president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, kultuuriminister Rein Lang ning festivali peakorraldaja Helen Sildna.

Tallinn Music Week muusikatööstusekonverentsil (30.-31. märtsil) on üheks oluliseks aruteluteemaks autoriõiguse tulevik digiajastul. Teema üle arutletakse konverentsipaneelis „21st Century Copyright: Will Classical Copyright Survive the New Technologies and Business Models in Music Industry Over the Next 10 Years?“