{"id":30,"date":"2020-04-13T11:18:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T11:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evavaljaots.com\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T21:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:33:02","slug":"minust","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evavaljaots.com\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eva V\u00e4ljaots is an Estonian folk musician, who plays various types of traditional kannel<\/i> \u2013 an ancient string instrument widespread in Finno-Ugric cultures. Modern meets archaic in her music of a distinctive style rich with improvisation. It is inspired by the present moment as well as her own heritage, age-old tales, and Finno-Ugric musical tradition. She performs her self-penned music, widening the playing techniques and bringing out the variegated timbre of these instruments. Each kannel<\/i> opens up a unique world in her picturesque soundscapes.<\/p>

In 2022 Eva V\u00e4ljaots released her debut album Hundinuia\u00f5is * Bulrush Bloom<\/i> and same year she was nominated for the best solo artist at the Estonian folk music awards Etnokulp.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The kannel, like the Finnish kantele, encourages an intimate and introspective world, which this music certainly inhabits. But that doesn\u2019t imply any limit to V\u00e4ljaots\u2019 imagination.<\/span> Simon Broughton, Songlines.<\/span> (Oct 2022)\n<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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V\u00e4ljaots uses the possibilities of this ancient instrument uniquely and soulfully. The sounds are free, ethereal and expressive.<\/span> Margus Haav, Postimees.<\/span> (27.05.2022) <\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Silversmiths. Stairs of heaven. Angels tiptoe up and down. Rain abates. I like that Eva does that purely with kannels.<\/span> J\u00fcri Metssalu, Sirp.<\/span> (10.07.2020)\n<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Eva V\u00e4ljaots leaves by the bulrush bush big and very beautiful shoes.<\/span> Kaisa Kuslapuu, M\u00fc\u00fcrileht.<\/span> (18.11.2022)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eva V\u00e4ljaots on kandlem\u00e4ngija, kes loob muusikat erineva k\u00f5la ja suurusega v\u00e4ikekanneldel. Tema improvisatsiooniline helilooming on inspireeritud nii \u00fcmbrusest siin ja praegu kui ka \u00fcrgsetest muinasjuttudest ja muistsest kandlemuusikast. L\u00e4bi m\u00e4ngutehnikate avardamise toob ta oma muusikas esile selle iidse pilli ainulaadset ja rikkalikku k\u00f5la. Iga kannel avab tema maalilistel helimaastikel oma maailma. Aastal 2022 andis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nEva V\u00e4ljaots - 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