About KRATT Festival

For the first time, KRATT23 will have 4 orchestras:

  • Symphony orchestra (conducted by Olari Elts)
  • Chamber orchestra (conducted by Andres Kaljuste)
  • Small orchestra (conducted by Achim Fiedler and instructed by Susanna Biosca)
  • Renaissance orchestra (conducted and instructed by Peeter Klaas and Reet Sukk)

The repertoire is visible on the Orchestras’ page.

Orchestras:

  • Sheet music will be made available to participants in the spring, no later than the end of March. A thorough rehearsal of the scores is an important preparation for every orchestral and festival participant! We will be on touch with teachers and ask them to support their students in preparing for the festival.
  • During the festival, all orchestras will rehearse together in group and tutti rehearsals, for about 4 hours each day. This is real orchestral work under the guidance of real conductors – a glimpse into the world of orchestral work, which is the professional future of many participants. The work will be in English for Symphony and Chamber orchestras, and in Estonian and English for Renaissance and Small orchestras.
  • Each orchestra will perform in a concert at the end of the festival: the chamber orchestra on the evening of 24 August in the Estonia Concert Hall, the Renaissance Orchestra and the small orchestra in a joint concert on 24 August in the MUBA concert hall, and the symphony orchestra on the evening of 25 August in the festive closing concert in the Estonia Concert Hall.
  • Every year, the orchestras have featured young soloists (2020: string quartet, 2021: Tähe-Lee Liiv and Anna Katarina Tralla, 2022: Triinu Piirsalu) – and this year is no exception. The chamber orchestra will host a young french horn player, and we invite wind instrument players to compete for the solo parts in Eino Tamberg’s Concerto Grosso, played by the symphony orchestra.


There are news also for the workshop participants:

  • IMPRO and FILM workshops will take place from 19 to 24 August, for about 2 hours each day. The work will be in Estonian and music languages.
  • The IMPRO workshop is expanding and there will be three instructors: Meelis Vind (wind instruments and more experienced improvisers), Liis Lutsoja (strings and beginners) and Marge Loik (keyboard at all ages). The IMPROvisers will show their progress in a small circle to the public together on 24 August.
  • The FILM workshop offers non-musical challenges for anyone who wants to try their hand at filmmaking and create their own exciting festival documentary, including elements of a feature film. Participants will be given simple cameras and the opportunity to learn hands-on filmmaking. The instructors will be Andri Luup who is actor and director of Theatrum and Adrian Rannut who is live production manager of Concertfilm. The movie produced during the FILM workshop will have its premiere on the evening of 25 August after the last concert.


Lecture-workshop “Class of Culture and Classics “:

  • Once again, we are inviting creative and inspiring people from Estonia to discuss culture and the classics in their areas of expertise. Music, theatre, architecture, literature… but also some surprising areas of life will be discussed. All festival participants are welcome, as well as anyone else interested. The lectures will be in Estonian.


Chamber Ensembles

As in previous years, we invite young chamber ensembles to compete for a chamber ensembles’ concert in one of the concert venues of Tallinn’s newest and coolest music school, the Tallinn College of Music and Ballet.


Together:

  • The great opening party of the festival will take place on the very first evening.
  • The first night will be the first night of the festival.
  • Now that the fear of the virus is hopefully over, we want to organise more joint events during the festival for all participants, especially for our guests from outside Tallinn and abroad. More information on the website during the summer!