Organizers

MARGIT KUHI (chief of Ethno Estonia)

Margit Kuhi has graduated from the Viljandi Culture Academy with a degree in traditional music and has dedicated herself to teaching and inspiring a new generation of traditional musicians. Since 2009, she has been leading the ETHNO Estonia camp, and since 2018, the Youth ETHNO (formerly Children's ETHNO). Under her leadership, a comprehensive Estonian ETHNO ecosystem has been created, which includes Winter ETHNO, ETHNO Rendezvous, and the ETHNO Instructor Course. Her initial awe at the responsibility of this role has been replaced with confidence and continued excitement, as each camp is unique and special.

Margit's greatest joy is meeting talented young musicians every year, who, by inspiring each other and creating together, experience the joy of the ETHNO world. She always gives her best to ensure that every camp is an unforgettable and truly exciting experience for all participants!

KÄRT TAMBET (Artistic director)

Kärt is a true ETHNO-soul whose biggest passion is learning about musical traditions of different people and places, and creating her own sonic expression through these exposures. For that reason she also earned a degree in Global Music from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. In addition to that, Kärt is an occasional host of radio shows, plays DJ sets at parties, gives workshops and teaches at various music camps and different community settings.
At ETHNO, she is responsible for making sure that all the artistic work and everyday activities are running as smoothly as possible.

HANNA-REET RUUL (Head of communication)

Hanna-Reet is a musician from the forests of Võrumaa. In 2020 she started studying traditional singing at Viljandi Culture Academy which gave her a chance to go study at the Irish World Academy as an exchange student, joining the World Music programme.
Besides studying, she's been in groups like ÖÖT, Poogendajad, and Iiri-Eesti lauluvägi, organized local sessions, and taught traditional music and dances to kids.
Hanna-Reet joined the ETHNO world in 2020 with ETHNO Estonia and after that, she's grabbed every chance to join an ETHNO - as a participant, volunteer, mentor, or organizer!
In (and before and after) Ethno, she’s responsible for communication and social media and making sure that everything is running smoothly on the spot too.

LEON ALLIK (Listener, observer, starter of games and events)

Name: Léon Allik
Living in: Tallinn
Main philosophy: Improvisation
Main instrument: Guitar
Function in ETHNO Estonia: Listener, observer and starter of games and events
I keep an eye out, that everyone would have an opportunity to feel free, creative, and joyful. ETHNO camp is a place for me where:
- I can travel on the colourful landscape of music from the wide world;
- (re)discover again and again how beautiful and awesome people are;
- play, run, laugh;
- lay in the grass while the sun shines, and listen as the songs of birds melt together with the distant sound of instruments.