{"id":650,"date":"2024-12-12T20:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estoniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=650"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:06:29","slug":"ambassador-attended-the-presidents-christmas-reception","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/estoniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/ambassador-attended-the-presidents-christmas-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador attended the President&#8217;s Christmas reception"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-650","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":651,"url":"https:\/\/estoniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/06\/5fotoraigopajula-6593_54200587002_o-1-scaled.jpg"},"news_content":"<p>The President of the Republic of Estonia Alar Karis and the First Lady Sirje Karis hosted a reception for the ambassadors at the Arvo P\u00e4rt Center in Laulasmaa.<\/p>\n<p>H.E. Manfred Ritter Mautner von Markhof, the Ambassador of the Order of Malta briefly introduced the Order&#8217;s activities in Estonia to the President and the First Lady which was received with admiration and gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>The President and the First Lady expressed their desire to learn more about the Order of Malta and its activities.<\/p>\n<p>World-famous composer Arvo P\u00e4rt can rightly be considered a global ambassador for Estonian culture and music. There are few composers in music history that have created music using their original composition technique, or whose sound language is so unmistakably recognisable from the very first bars. P\u00e4rt is one such composer. His\u00a0<em>tintinnabuli<\/em>\u00a0works show a very personal approach to sound, silence and word. P\u00e4rt\u2019s oeuvre has left an important mark in the history of 20th-century music.<\/p>\n<p>The Arvo P\u00e4rt Centre combines the composer\u2019s personal archive with an information and music Centre. It is an open meeting place for musicians, researchers and music lovers\u2014for anyone interested in Arvo P\u00e4rt\u2019s music and world of ideas. It was founded by Arvo P\u00e4rt and his family, with the aim of creating opportunities for preserving and researching the creative heritage of the composer in the context of his native language in Estonia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no","news_excerpt":"The President of the Republic of Estonia Alar Karis and the First Lady Sirje Karis hosted a reception for the ambassadors at the Arvo P\u00e4rt Center in Laulasmaa.\r\nH.E. Manfred Ritter Mautner von Markhof, the Ambassador of the Order of Malta briefly introduced the Order's activities in Estonia to the President and the First Lady which was received with admiration and gratitude."},"news_categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estoniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estoniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estoniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/estoniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estoniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}