Warmth from the cold

Oh, the enchanting and far away cold continent. Few of us will ever see this place of tremendous extremes, of warm tonal beauty and beguiling cold rigour. Valmar Kurol has, five times now, beginning in 1993. Since that first visit he has very successfully translated and recorded his affection and appreciation for Antarctica through the language of music and art. The latter through photographs and paintings, most recently seen on display at the EKKT, Toronto Estonian artist’s society 2023 fall exhibition. The former through CDs, the latest of which arrived from Montréal recently. Kurol’s sixth such recording and fifth collaboration with Michael Stibor.