From October 10 to 12, International Tartu Early Music Festival Orient et Occident takes place for the 18th time. This year the festival offers a possibility of listening to two or more artists/ensembles during one concert instead of two or three separate concerts a day.
In this year’s festival the musical bridges will be built by groups from Europe and Asia. Ensemble Mandragora (Switzerland), concentrating on late-Medieval and early Renaissance music for strong wind instruments, joins viola da gamba consort Väike rinG from Estonia in the program From Córdoba to St. Gall; Agnethe Christensen (Sweden) and Leah Stuttard (England) performing ancient Scandinavian ballads, and the Mohammad Rasouli Ensemble (Iran) performing Persian Classical music will present a program called From Uppsala to Isfahan. The famous virtuoso of Chinese traditional flutes Hu Yulin and one of India’s foremost musicians in the genre of Hindustani classical music, the legendary Pt. Nayan Ghosh with his prodigy son Ishaan Ghosh, come together in the program From the Great Wall to the Taj Mahal. The concert Resurrection of the Harp brings together Estonian musicians Lilian Langsepp (historical harp), Robert Jürjendal (guitar) and Peeter Klaas (viola da gamba). the concerts will be held at University of Tartu Ceremonial Hall and Tartu St. John’s Church.
The artistic director of the festival is Raho Langsepp. Precise program: Festivitas Artium.