Brisbane
27th January
Latvian Hall
24 Church Ave, Woolloongabba QLD 4102
https://www.trybooking.com/COFHW
Sydney
2nd February, with Robin Kukk
3rd February, with Robin Kukk & Segakook, Kooskõlas
Eesti Maja
141 Campbell St, Surry Hills NSW 2011
https://www.trybooking.com/COFHS
Melbourne
9th February
Melbourne Estonian House
43 Melville Rd, Brunswick West VIC
https://www.trybooking.com/COFLB
Perth
16th February 2024
CHAPEL OF ST HILDA OF WHITBY (St Hildas Anglican School for Girls)
Bay View Terrace , Mosman Park WA
https://www.trybooking.com/COFNY
Composer and pianist Rein Rannap was born in Tallinn, Estonia, in the family of professional musicians. Already as a child he demonstrated his extraordinary musical talent, beginning to play piano – and also improvise – as well as compose long before the school age.
Rannap started his musical upbringing as a classical pianist, studying first in Tallinn – at the Musical High School and Conservatory, and then at the Moscow Conservatory (Master’s degree). As a composer, he remained, for a while, an autodidact; later he acquired master’s and doctoral degrees in musical composition from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Both as a composer and pianist, Rannap has always been notorious for his ability to mix different genres. His post-modernist works in classical idiom are a genuine cross-over, noticeably influenced by popular music, thus making it very fascinating to the wider audience. Rannap has composed all kind of music: symphonic, band, chamber, choral, for film and theater etc.; but more than anything else has he written popular songs, and – of course for the piano. His works, and frequently also his performances, have been recorded on many CDs and LPs.
Rannap has performed in most of the European countries, in most of major cities of USA, China, Canada, Australia and former Soviet Union, repeatedly in Germany (including numerous festivals) and Russia, but also in Japan, Uruguay and Cuba.
His emphasis was earlier mostly on songwriting and performing classical music. Now is his center of gravity on composing, mainly for classical set ups – less or more – serious music. And as a pianist, he commits now only to performing his own works and his improvisational arrangements of well-known to everybody melodies, mostly of classical origin.
In his homeland Estonia, there literally isn’t anybody, who wouldn’t know Rannap. In addition to being acknowledged as a piano player, Rannap is glorious as a leader of, and songwriter for the most popular rock group ever in Estonia – Ruja; likewise, as a longtime jury member of the Estonian version of internationally known TV contest formats: Pop Idol or X Factor. Many of his popular and rock songs have become evergreens, and are still actively performed by the young artists, and also, for example, regularly by huge choirs (consisting up to 30 000 singers) at Estonian Songfests.
See more: https://rannap.ee
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On behalf of Sydney Estonian Society we express our gratitude to ECFA for a grant to support this great event.
https://ecfa.eesti.org.au/
We say to thank you to Aero Travel whose willingness to go above and beyond to make sure all travel arrangements have been taken care of, as well as being an event sponsor.
For all your travel needs please visit https://aerotravel.com.au/
We say thank you to Eurodrinks for being ready to supply our bar with Estonian beverages, as well as being an event sponsor.
For your favorite Estonian & Nordic drinks visit https://eurodrinks.com.au/
We say thank you to Liisa Pobul for being our graphic designer.
Once again, thank you so much for being a part of our event and community. We’re grateful for your support, and can’t wait to work with you again soon!
Sydney Estonian Society
