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Hortus Musicus is an Estonian ensemble that was established in 1972 by Andres Mustonen, a violin student of the Tallinn State Conservatory. Hortus Musicus specialises in performing early music, including 8th-15th century European forms such as; Gregorian Chant, Organum, Medieval Liturgic Hymns and Motets, the Franco-Flemish School, and Renaissance Music (including French chansons, villanelles and Italian madrigals). The group also presents early, non-European styles including Indian Ragas, Israeli temple songs, Arabian mughams and Jewish music. The group's repertoire has also included pieces by 20th century composers (often created specially for Hortus Musicus, e.g. by Arvo Pärt). Hortus Musicus has given...

Hailing from an urban hot-spot just below the North Pole, Tromsø’s TURDUS MUSICUS have been stirring it up in the Norwegian rock-underground since 1999. The band renowned for their wild and explosive live released two critically acclaimed EP’s before debuting in a full-length format with “Here Goes!” (Intimate Records/Bonnier Amigo) in 2004. Norwegian online zine Panorama.no declared the opening track “Anymore” to be one of the best Norwegian rock songs of the year and Scandinavia’s biggest rock-zine Monster Mag promptly claimed that “Turdus Musicus has got to be Norway’s best live act ever”. On March 8th 2007, the band released...