A unique evening concert will take place in the Tõravere observatory, where nylon and metal strings meet the cosmic world.
Guitar quartet ValsPetti & Kartau/Kiivit - the quartet created by merging together two guitar duos has come together to combine classical guitar with western guitar - the soft sound of nylon strings with the vibrancy of metal strings.
The quartet consists of talented young guitarists with roots in Southern Estonia.
This time, the concert series of the crossover quartet will performe:
Dave Flynn - "Chimurenga"
Andrew York - "Spin"
Argo Vals - "Maal maal"
Argo Vals - "17"
Robert Jürjendal - "Lepitaja"
Andre Maaker - "Estate"
Sulo Kiivit
Sulo Kiivit graduated in classical guitar and music pedagogy at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he completed his master's studies in 2014 under the supervision of Frederik Munk Larsen. In addition to Denmark, he has also improved his abilities, as an exchange student in Spain, at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Sevilla with prof. At Antonio Duro's. He has also participated in master classes with many well-known guitarists, including Roberto Aussel, Hopkinson Smith, Viggo Mangor, Marco Socias, Morten Skott, Alexander Vinitsky, Anastasia Bardina, Jügen Ruck, Petri Kumela, Luis Zea, Carlos Bonell, Heiki Mätlik, Nigel North, Pavel Steidl, Michael Tröster, Erling Möldrup and Alex Carrobe. In addition to teaching, he has also performed all over Europe both as a classical guitarist and as a rhythm musician. Currently, Sulo Kiivit works as a guitar teacher at Rae Interest School.
Siim Kartau
Siim Kartau started his guitar studies in Peep Peterson's guitar class at the Otepää Music School, after which he entered the Tartu Music School named after H. Eller, where his teachers were Kuldar Kudu, Aleksander Vinitski and Jelena Ossipova.
In 2013, he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater, majoring in classical guitar. In addition, he has improved his abilities as an exchange student in a conservatory named after Victoria Eugenia wich is in Granada, under the guidance of Gloria Medina Luque. Siim has also participated in master classes with several well-known guitarists, including Miguel Angel Jiménez, Sven Lundestad, Arturo Tallini, Remi Bouchér, Johan Fostier, Frederik Munk Larsen, Gerhard Reichenbach, Jesper Sivebæk and Eduardo Fernandez.
Since 2015, he has been acquiring a master's degree in classical guitar at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 2016/2017, Siim studied as an exchange student at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica ManuelCastillo de Sevilla, under the guidance of prof. Antonio Duro. In addition to learning, Siim works as a guitar teacher at Saku Music School. He is also active as a solo and chamber musician and has recorded in the studios of the Estonian National Broadcasting Company, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater and the Estonian Classical Radio.
Karl Petti
Karl Petti is a guitarist and composer. He is active in several genres and has played in an impressive number of ensembles such as Argo Vals Band, Talamak, Animal Drama, Fluidum, VonKuusk, Cirkl and many others. In recent years the guitar duo ValsPetti have also taken off. Petti has also written music for theatre, television and video games.
In addition to his homeland, Karl has played in China, Israel, Iceland, Holland, Italy, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and France, in different ensembels . He has also performed at festivals such as Positivus, Intsikurmu, Mägede Hääl, Tartu city festival UIT, Tallinn Music Week, Eesti Pops and many others.
In 2004, Karl Petti won third place at the national guitarist competition. In 2019 his album "Veemaal" was the Areen album of the week with a score of 10/10. Karl Petti has studied classical guitar at Tartu II Music School and Tartu Heino Eller Music School. He obtained a master's degree in electroacoustic composition at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Argo Vals
Argo Vals has released three solo albums and has been in the main composition of several collectives as a composer or studio musician.Argo Vals is an instrumentalist and composer whose main instrument is the guitar.
Argo has been involved in music almost all his life, but he started recording his own compositions just before graduating from high school. Argo Vals discovered the world of live electronics for himself two years later, in 2008, as a second-year student of jazz music at the Viljandi Academy of Culture of the University of Tartu.
In his solo work, Argol focused on the guitar for a long time. Some time later, drum machines and synthesizers were added to it. Also, Argo has again become more interested in writing music for larger ensembles. Currently, he is most actively involved in the aforementioned and creating music for various productions.
Some of the musicians and bands that Argo currently cites as inspiration are Hiatus Kaiyote, Tigran Hamasyan, Thom Yorke, Louis Cole, Aiming For Enrike, Fredrik Thordendal and the New York-based band Car Bomb. Andres Lõo, Karl Petti, Liis Ring, Taavi Tulev, Taavi Laatsit, Jaan Jaago, Juni Tenison, Alan Olonen, Sander Saarmets, Rasmus Neljand and Nathan Tulve are definitely worth mentioning among the musicians of the younger generation of Estonia.
His sources of inspiration are real life together with the imaginary.