From Creative Seclusion to Instrumental Unison with Katariina Tirmaste

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Winning an Etnokulp award (a big wooden ladle) was a surprise for flautist and composer Katariina Tirmaste. There she was, happily singing a runo song together with the audience at the Estonian Traditional Music Center in Viljandi… when all of a sudden her name was called out!

Of course, she’s very active as a musician, and in this episode of EstoCast, we hear about the:

the many projects and collaborations she’s been a part of—including Hypnosis Negative, which connects Canada and Estonia

the beauty of musical unison and the way phrasing and dynamics guide dancing

the multinational, spontaneous qualities of folk music

and much more!

Things mentioned in this episode include:

-Katariina Tirmaste on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vyrq4dBjKK6dtdCXr9b6Z 

-the 2024 Etnokulp awards: https://news.err.ee/1609482664/gallery-2024-etnokulp-awards-ladled-out-to-estonia-s-folk-musicians

-the Etnokulp award-winners over the years: https://folk.ee/our-projects/folk-music-awards#:~:text=Folk%20Music%20Awards%20%2D%20ETNOKULP&text=The%20grand%20award%20ceremony%20takes,award%20categories%20and%20their%20nominees.

-DROM Taberna: https://www.dromtaberna.com 

-Viljandi Folk Music Festival: https://www.viljandifolk.ee 

-Katariina’s album Tule lill tudu on Bandcamp: https://katariinatirmaste.bandcamp.com/album/tule-lill-tudu 

-Robert Alan Mackie on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RjB3MWVqK99FTyFaxgltM

-Hypnosis Negative: https://hypnosisnegative.com/ 

-Viljandi Culture Academy: https://viljandi.ut.ee/en 

-Percussionist Juan De La Fuente Alcón: https://www.instagram.com/juandelafuentepercussion/ 

-more about the album Notas Rotas by Chilean guitarist Tomás del Real: https://justinpetrone.com/2025/01/07/notas-rotas-by-tomas-del-real/ 

-Katariina and Kärt Pihlap’s duo, Kuula Hetke: https://www.instagram.com/kuulahetke/ 

–three corners, the album by Hypnosis Negative: https://hypnosisnegative.bandcamp.com/album/three-corners

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