Estonian holidays, festivals, cultural events
Angela Hewitt, MarcAndre Hamelin, Arcadi Volodos, Piotr and Charles Rosen.
The International Pianists Festival PIANO was established in 1998 and is biannual.
Lauri Väinmaa: "Festival brings to Estonia world class pianists, presents mature masters and upcoming stars from Estonia
and abroad and introduces the art of piano playing in its manysidedness."
Mikhail Pletnev, Cyprien Katsaris, Louis Lortie, Angela Hewitt, MarcAndre Hamelin, Piotr Anderszewski, PierreLaurent
Aimard and Alexandre Tharaud among many others have performed in the festival during its short history. PIANO has
become very popular and enjoys now the biggest audience among classical music festivals in Estonia.
During the festival "Piano `08" master classes of Frederic Rzewski, Paul Lewis and Pascal Roge take place in collaboration
with the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
The coorgnizers and supportes of the festival: