International Niguliste Organ Week. Half an hour of Organ Music
The XXXVIII International Niguliste Organ Week, which runs from the first to the seventh of January, will feature evening concerts and a daily programme showcasing the finest works of medieval and early modern art, accompanied by music. Throughout the Organ Week, visitors to the Niguliste Museum can also participate in an intriguing audience programme.
Every day at 15:00, the public can visit the organ balcony together with the organists Andres Uibo and Tiit Kiik.
At 16.00 there are organ recitals with Aivar Sõerd, Erich-Johann Kullamäe, Olga Opryshko, Ulla Krigul, Piret Aidulo and Markus Wimmer.
Programme
02.01 at 16:00 Organist Aivar Sõerd
Programme: Frescobaldi, Sweelinck, Buxtehude, Tobias, Bach
Aivar Sõerd – Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, music interpretation 2016, MA 2018
03.01 at 16:00 Organist Erich-Johann Kullamäe
Programme: Bach, Sweelinck, Telemann, Bruhns
Erich-Johann Kullamäe – Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, organ, MA 2022
04.01 at 16:00 Organist Olga Opryshko
Programme: Bach, Vierne
Olga Opryshko – Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, organ, MA 2024
05.01 at 16:00 Organist Ulla Krigul
Programme: Zimmer, Krigul, Bach, Süda
Ulla Krigul is one of the most recognised organists of the younger generation in Estonia. She is highly valued as a soloist and an ensemble partner.
06.01 at 16:00 Organist Piret Aidulo
Programme: Bach, Ellerhein-Metsala, Tüür, Sisask
Piret Aidulo As an active organist, Piret Aidulo has given solo recitals and performed with different ensembles in Estonia and abroad. Since 2002, Piret Aidulo works as a teacher at the Estonian Evangelican Lutheral Church Institute of Theology.
07.01 at 16:00 Organist Markus Wimmer
Programme: Guilmant, Kropfreiter, Brahms, Rääts
Markus Wimmer – organ student at the Linz Anton Bruckner University
The organ week has been organised in cooperation with the International Society of Artur Kapp.
