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	Viljandi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Viljandi (German : Fellin ; Russian : Вильянди, formerly Феллин) is a town in Viljandi County, Estonia.
		After the Great Northern War the Russians revoked local autonomy until 1783, when in the course of the regency reforms of the Empress Catherine the Great Viljandi became a district town.
		The population, after decreasing in population and wealth, started to rise again, as handicraft, trading, and cultural life were revived.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viljandi (316 words)

	Viljandi Folk Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Viljandi Folk Music Festival is a music festival in Estonia.
		XI Viljandi Folk Music Festival July 24 - 27, 2003
		XII Viljandi Folk Music Festival July 22 - 25, 2004
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viljandi_Folk_Festival (75 words)

	virtualWOMEX - Viljandi Folk Music Festival - Estonian Traditional Music Center NGO - Viljandi - Estonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The purpose of the festival is to advocate and teach traditional music amongst Estonians of all ages.
		Viljandi Folk Music Festival is well known for its warm and friendly atmosphere.
		The festival was founded by students of the Viljandi Culture College as a non-profit festival with a mission to popularise traditional music.
	www.womex.com /virtualwomex/sites/expohalls/eu/stands/1156.htm (375 words)

	Viljandi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Viljandi Castle Hills were opened for townspeople as a recreational area in 1863.
		A wonderful view of the old town of Viljandi opens from the first Kirsimägi and on the southern end of Lake Viljandi can be enjoyed from the second Kirsimägi.
		The bridge was a present to the town from Karl von Mensekampff, the manor lord of Tarvastu.
	www.viljandi.ee /?id=509 (400 words)

	Various Artists, Estonian Folk Music 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Viljandi Festival takes place every year in Viljandi, Estonia, a couple hours south of the capital city of Tallinn.
		Viljandi's veteran band, Alle-AA sings and plays a contemporary folk song "Remember," with a host of "modern" instruments, including accordion, backing the male vocals.
		No...well, possibly accordionist Aivar Teppo, after all source musicians are included; it may be because the musicians are coming from the festival and folk school.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_estonian_folk_2001.html (813 words)

	folk music festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is a festival of folk (and other) music and dance run in or near Caversham for charity.More.
		The Summer Folk Festival is a music and arts festival which is now entering it's 27th year.
		Festival Finder is the most extensive guide to upcoming music festivals in the United States and Canada.
	www.treblesearch.com /links/music/101/folk-music-festival.html (698 words)

	Viljandi - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During the Swedish-Polish wars at the beginning of the seventeenth century the castle changed hands several times and fell into ruin.
		After the Great Northern War the Russians seized the power and Viljandi was without laws until the year 1783, when in the course of the regency reforms of Catherine II Viljandi became a district town.
		The population, meanwhile having decreased to the minimum, started to rise again, handicraft, trading and cultural life were enlivened.
	www.iridis.com /Viljandi (248 words)

	Folk project UMMALEELO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1997 the introducing EP UMMALEELO was released, presenting rare folk songs of an ethnic group coming from south-eastern Estonia together with the instrumental background from the band.
		The Seto folk songs on the EP are authentic and the whole material appearing on the CD can be performed live by the same people.
		The folk song group LEELONAASE was founded in Tartu, 1988 with the aim of preserving and forwarding the Seto language and culture.
	web.ibs.ee /ummamuudu/folk/folkproject.html (369 words)

	Viljandi Folk Music Festival
		We are also familiar with authentic folk music and we have prepared an authentic folk program that we performed in Warsaw and Torun (Poland) in June 1999.
		Folk Dancing is for everyone who wants to move to the music and meanwhile also learn new dances.
		Other members of the band are well-known Estonian rock, jazz and folk artists who have pooled their experience to return to themselves, the world and particularly to the magnificent music of the Livonians dating back for centuries and worthy of being kept alive.
	www.folk.ee /2002/eng/performers.php?eid=all (8001 words)

	Folk music festival, calgary folk music festival, vancouver folk music festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Festival Finder is the most extensive guide to folk and traditional music festivals in the United States and Canada.
		The 2005 Regina Folk Festival and its showcase of music, art and entertainment is landing in Victoria Park early this year, July 29th, 30 and 31st.
		Folk music festival with singers, dancers and musicians of all ages from all over the UK.
	www.gamblingjoy.com /folk-music-festival.html (1099 words)

	tradmusic.com news and views, traditional folk music festival reports, CD reviews and general tradmusic info.
		The summer season of Folk Festivals is in full swing all over the world as musicians celebrate their traditions (and perhaps the odd pint or two!).
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	tradmusic.com is a traditional, folk music resource, folk music international gig guide and musical instrument maker ...
		They include the 11th Viljandi Folk Music Festival in Estonia, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival in Finland and Folk im Schloss in Germany.
		For full details of the line-up, where, when and how much...visit the official website of the 11th Viljandi Folk Music Festival
		Kaustinen Folk Music Festival in Finland is a celebration of the traditional music of the world and includes the fabulous Leningrad Cowboys amongst many others.
	www.tradmusic.com /newspage.asp?newsID=400 (215 words)

	Viljandi Folk Music Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The main fields they concentrate on are contemporary dance, children/creative dance, classical dance, jazz dance, step dance, folk dance of Finland and other countries.
		The Finnish groups come to Viljandi invited by Viljandi Culture College Children Studio in order to strengthen friendship, exchange experience and enjoy the Folk Music Festival.
		The concert in Viljandi Culture House is an hour long and Finnish dancers-kids of ages 9 to 19 will offer performances from contemporary dance to jazz-, historic and contemporary folk dance.
	www.folk.ee /2002/eng/performers.php?eid=62 (136 words)

	Anne Lederman's Upcoming Gigs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Viljandi Folk Festival, Viljandi, Estonia, with Ian Bell.
		Spirit of the Narrows at the Blyth Festival.
		This was a theatrical production written by Anne Lederman, based on her experiences with Metis Fiddlers in Manitoba in the 1980s.
	www.annelederman.com /new/anne_led_gigs.html (809 words)

	FolkWorld Article: European Festival Summer 2001
		Although Europe boosts currently also with a range of high quality winter folk festivals, it is still the summer where most folkies pack their suitcases, family and instruments into the car, bus, train or plane to travel to some other part of Europe to celebrate Folk Music in the local way.
		This free folk festival in a park has quite an interesting mix of international folk and world music acts on offer, with 50.000 visitors per year.
		No European festival journey is complete with probably the most important Celtic festival in Europe, the Tønder Festival in Denmark, at the border to Germany.
	www.folkworld.de /18/e/fest2001.html (1484 words)

	A What's Going On... item
		Viljandi County Community Foundation and the Viljandi Folk Music Festival cooperate in order to support the development of heritage music in Viljandi County, Estonia
		Folk Music Festivals, launched in Viljandi since 1993, have evolved into a four-day-long folklore festival, the largest of the kind in
		The Viljandi County Community Foundation organised four volunteers who, during the festival this year, collected Estonian kroons valued at more than 400 euros – the money is meant for buying the instruments and as a participation fee for the camp.
	www.efc.be /agenda/event.asp?EventID=2148 (263 words)

	Shoghaken Folk Ensemble
		The Shoghaken Folk Ensemble was founded in 1991 by dudukist Gevorg Dabaghyan in Yerevan.
		In addition to drawing on their extensive repertoire of Armenian folk music, the musicians of Shoghaken were successfully able to improvise according to the needs of the movie — the recording studio becoming a creative atmosphere in which the director and composer conveyed the style and feel of Ararat to the group.
		And it’s a particular joy to hear the voice of Hasmik Harutyunyan, one of Armenia’s best-known folk singers, with her rich, fresh and clear tone, and an ear finely tuned to the local modes.
	www.road-to-armenia.com /music/music.html (1041 words)

	Etnofutu 4
		Seminars will be held on marks and semiotics (July 27), on music and comics (July 28), and on education of children to carry, in the modern times, the traditional culture and beliefs of their homelands (July 29).
		The Viljandi Folk Music Festival has already included into its programme the performances by guest actors at the Ugric Ethnofuturist Stage.
		An ethnofuturist art exhibition will be open in the Viljandi theatre Ugala during the conference, with paintings by Pavel Mikushev from Komi and Alexander Ivanov from Mari El (1964-2001), and an installation by Peeter Sepp from Estonia.
	www.suri.ee /press/eng/ef4.html (631 words)

	Speech at the Opening of the American Corner in Viljandi
		I saw a culture that was alive and transforming, as young people shared with each other their knowledge and contagious enthusiasm about traditional dances, or drew inspiration from folk music to develop new and innovative musical forms.
		But I am learning that Viljandi is an exciting place that is full of activity not just for a few days in July but all year round.
		As you are located in a new building right in the heart of Viljandi and across from the Cultural Academy, your library struck us as a place that was brimming with potential and whose staff was eager to harness this potential.
	www.usemb.ee /viljandi_eng.php (666 words)

	Golden Book ::: Students` Favorite
		Viljandi Culture Academy Students' Favorite will be elected by the Academy students from the full-time lecturers or workers who have within a year had shown outstanding professional and creative, scientific or developmental achievements.
		The title of Students' Favorite brings along non-financial recognition which in year 2002 was an invitation for two to Viljandi Folk Music Festival 2003.
		The porposals for the Students' Favorite can be made by all Academy full-time or correspondence students individually.
	www.kultuur.edu.ee /eng/root/goldenbook/cat-987/studentsfavorite (262 words)

	Journal • Arts • Armenian Folk Ensemble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Singers Hasmik Harutyunyan and Aleksan Harutyunyan are known throughout Armenia, the former Soviet Union and Europe for their unique interpretation of Armenian folk and ashoughagan (troubadour) music.
		With an extraordinary ancient tradition of exhilarating folk dances, haunting love songs and lullabies, Shoghaken has mesmerized audiences far beyond the Caucasus mountains, where Armenians have lived for centuries.
		The Shoghaken Folk Ensemble was also invited to the United States by world-renowned cellist, Yo Yo Ma, to perform at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. In July 2003, three members of the group traveled to Estonia to participate in the Viljandi Folk Festival in Viljandi, Estonia.
	www.csufresno.edu /journal/vol7/08/arts/armenian.shtml (207 words)

	Estonian Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The unique arrangements of the Livonian tunes became the culmination of the Viljandi Folk Festival 1999.
		In spring 2000 Viljandi Folk Music Festival released their first CD "Tulli Lum" (Hot Snow).
		In addition to concerts, performed both individually and together, we have given whole lecture-concerts about Estonian folk music and folk instruments, and we have a special programme for children.
	www.einst.ee /historic/music (1859 words)

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	Viljandi Folk Festival
		Outdoor stages nestled in ancient castle ruins were the setting for concerts at the Viljandi Folk Festival in Viljandi, Estonia, July 23-27, 2003.
		The group performed the folk music of Old Armenia to receptive audiences during two concerts on the Kaevumgi Stage, set in a green meadow overlooking the river running past Viljandi.
		The latter instrument was said by Komitas to be the true Armenian folk instrument.
	www.road-to-armenia.com /music/estonia.html (348 words)

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