Alatskivi, Estonia [Алатскиви, Эстония] 2019
Alatskivi Castle (Estonian: Alatskivi loss, German: Schloss Allatzkiwwi) is a Neo-Gothic castle in Alatskivi, Estonia. Dating to the 17th century, it is situated in Alatskivi Parish, Tartu County. It was rebuilt in the late 19th century by Baron Arved von Nolcken, modeled on the royal residence of Balmoral in Scotland. A renovation occurred between 2005 and 2011. Five rooms on the first floor house the Eduard Tubin museum, which documents his accomplishments as a music composer and conductor.
Alatskivi Castle is surrounded by various ancillary buildings and a forested park of 130 hectares (320 acres) area, the largest in Tartu County. The park contains many oaks, ashes, maples, alders and an approach road lined with linden trees.
Alatskivi Castle is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Tartu and 205 kilometres (127 mi) from Tallinn. It is built on the high bank of Lake Alatskivi at the foot of the Alatskivi valley.[3] An arched entrance leads to the castle along a road lined with linden trees
[RUS] Замок А́латскиви (эст. Alatskivi loss, нем. Schloss Allatzkiwwi) — замок-мыза в неоготическом стиле в Эстонии, уезд Тартумаа, волость Алатскиви, посёлок Алатскиви. До земельной реформы 1919 года замок вместе с окружавшим его комплексом хозяйственных построек являлся рыцарской мызой.
Замок выстроен на берегу одноимённого озера. Он имеет асимметричный план: одно его крыло больше другого, одно имеет один этаж, другое — два.
Вокруг замка расположено 41 небольшое вспомогательное здание (исторически их было 57: прачечная, кухня, конюшни, сараи, мельница, церковь, кладбище и другие), парк вокруг замка занимает 130 гектаров и является самым большим парком уезда Тартумаа. Основные деревья: дубы, ясени, клёны, ольха, вдоль прилегающей дороги высажены липы; помимо озера, в парке выкопаны два небольших пруда. В парке стоит скульптура мифологического богатыря Калевипоэга, ранее там также стояла копия Аполлона Бельведерского, но ныне она перемещена в парк Кадриорг, Таллин)
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Olav Roots (26 February 1910 – 30 January 1974) was an Estonian pianist and composer.
Roots was born in Uderna. He studied at the Music School of Tartu from 1923–1928, studying piano with Artur Lemba and composition under Heino Eller with musicians such as Eduard Tubin, Eduard Oja, Alfred Karindi and Karl Leichter. He then studied at the Estonian Music Academy in Tallinn, where he subsequently taught piano and music theory until 1935. In addition, he completed his piano studies with Alfred Cortot in Paris.
Until 1937, Roots led the Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatory of Tallinn. In 1937, a scholarship enabled him to study with Felix Weingartner in Vienna and attend summer courses with Nikolai Malko in Salzburg. In 1939 he became chief conductor of the Estonian Radio Orchestra. In 1942 he studied with Clemens Krauss in Salzburg.
In 1944, Roots moved to Sigtuna in Sweden. He taught there at the Estonian School and directed the Stockholm Joint Youth Choir. In November 1952 he became conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra of Colombia in Bogotá, Colombia, and taught at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia conservatory, also located in Bogotá, until his death in 1974, becoming its director. His Symphony dedicated to the Colombian symphony orchestra was first performed under his direction 10 November 1967, and he was made an Honorary citizen of Colombia the same year. The Eduard Tubin Museum of Alatskivi Castle today contains exhibits related to Roots and his fellow students of the Tartu music school. He died in Bogotá.
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