Iki-ilo Viljandi folgil! 🇪🇪 🇫🇮, 25 July | Event in Viljandi | AllEvents

Iki-ilo Viljandi folgil! 🇪🇪 🇫🇮

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Fri, 25 Jul, 2025 at 08:00 pm

Viljandi pärimusmuusika festival / Viljandi Folk Music Festival

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Fri, 25 Jul, 2025 at 08:00 pm (EEST)

Viljandi pärimusmuusika festival / Viljandi Folk Music Festival

Viljandi Castle ruins, Viljandi, Estonia

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Iki-ilo Viljandi folgil! 🇪🇪 🇫🇮
😎 Kas soovid kuulata kauneimaid kandlekõlasid, võpatavat keeltevibra, helisevat hingeilu ja pajatavaid pärimuslugusid? ☀️✨


🗓 Siis tule reedel, 25. juulil kell 20:00 Rohelise lava äärde Viljandi folgil! Kohtume taas ka pühapäeval kell 17:00! 🌿


💫 Kavas on eesti ja soome rahvamuusika - kaunitel kanneldel, lihtsalt ja ehedalt. Tantsuks ja kuulamiseks, hingele ja vaimule. 🍓


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🌸 Iki-ilo on Soome-Eesti kantele-kannel-duo.

🎶 Koos musitseerivad Riina Hellsten (Sibeliuse Akadeemia, Helsingi) ja Triinu Orgmets (TÜ Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia).


🎓 Mõlemad on õppinud kandle erialal juba lastemuusikakoolist saadik ning leidnud rõõmu arhiivides sahisevast pärimusmuusikast ja koosmängust.


📖 Sõnapaar iki-ilo tähendab soome keeles lõputut rõõmu (iki – igavene, ilo – rõõm).

Seda kasutas ka "Kalevala" looja Elias Lönnrot kandle sünonüümina!


💚 Eesti keele murreteski tähendab iki/igi- igavest ja ilo ilu - just see tunne ongi neiude jaoks kandles ja kanteles olemas: igavene ilu ja rõõm.



Näeme Folgil! ✨🍓💛



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🎶 Come hear the most beautiful kantele sounds – trembling strings, soul-glowing melodies and storytelling tunes! 🌞✨


📍 Join us at Viljandi Folk, Green Stage (Roheline lava)

🗓️ Friday, July 25 at 20:00 and Sunday at 17:00 🌿


💫 We’ll play Finnish and Estonian folk music, simply and naturally, just as it’s meant to be.


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🌸 Iki-ilo is a Finnish-Estonian kantele-kannel duo.

🎶 Riina Hellsten (Sibelius Academy, Helsinki) and Triinu Orgmets (University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy) study traditional music and share a love for archive tunes.


📖 The word iki-ilo means eternal joy in Finnish (iki – eternal, ilo – joy). Even Kalevala’s author Elias Lönnrot used it as a synonym for kantele!


💚 For the duo, both kantele and kannel carry the same timeless joy — and in Estonian dialects, iki/igi means eternal and ilo means beauty.



See you at the festival! ✨🍓


Also check out other Festivals in Viljandi, Arts events in Viljandi, Literary Art events in Viljandi.

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Iki-ilo Viljandi folgil! 🇪🇪 🇫🇮, 25 July | Event in Viljandi | AllEvents
Iki-ilo Viljandi folgil! 🇪🇪 🇫🇮
Fri, 25 Jul, 2025 at 08:00 pm