Category Archives: Piret Järvis-Milder

EFTA 2022

Yesterday, the Estonian film and TV awards gala took place in the Alexela concert hall in Tallinn. The show was broadcast on TV and we could see Piret performing a song together with other gala presenters. “Telebänd” featured Eeva Esse, Jüri Muttika, Jüri Butšakov, Piret Järvis-Milder, Kethi Uibomägi, Marek Lindmaa and Taavi Otsus. The song that they performed called “Piiritult lummav teleekraan” is a cover of a well-known Buggles classic from the 80s.
You can watch it below

R2 Hommik

On September 2nd, the stage in Tallinn’s Telliskivi quarter got overtaken by group Vanilla Ninja and rapper Nublu. According to the members of the band, also fans from foreign countries were coming to the concert.

Vanilla Ninja members, Lenna Kuurmaa and Piret Järvis-Milder, mentioned during the interview for the R2 morning show that 13 of their best songs were to be performed during the concert. Only singles, only hits and those songs, which I think everyone loves Vanilla Ninja the most for. – stated Kuurmaa.

During the concert, Järvis-Milder got the chance to play the guitar once again. She said she was nervous because she had to memorize all the chords and was not sure if she would manage to play all the songs. But fortunately, people have muscle memory and quite a lot was [still left] somewhere there in the subconsciousness. The process was not as difficult as I feared.– she said.

Concert in Tallinn – Telliskivi Loomelinnak

September 2nd 2022 marked a very important event in Vanilla Ninja’s history – the girls gave the first live performance in 13 years, during a joint concert with an Estonian rapper Nublu in Talinn’s Telliskivi. Their show started at 8 p.m. local time and lasted for about an hour. After the meet & greet with the fans, Piret, Kerli and Lenna performed their most memorable hits from all the albums. The girls were joined by a very special guest for the acoustic performance, which was a big surprise for the fans, who travelled from the most distant destinations in the world.

Pea ees vette. Tai Kuningriigis.

Last Saturday, ETV started broadcasting a new show called “Pea ees vette. Tai Kuningriigis” (“Head into the water. In the Kingdom of Thailand”). It is a new travel series that follows the adventures of musician couple, Piret Järvis-Milder and Egert Milder and their daughter Milli, in exotic Thailand. Egert and Piret have always been great travel buddies, who have travelled half the world together. Two years ago, daughter Milli had joined their family and last winter they decided to take the first long trip as a trio. So, they headed to Thailand for four months, where, in addition to the world’s most beautiful beaches, rich culture and unforgettable gourmet experiences, the three of them had a lot of adventures and complications that put the family relationships to the test. In the first part of the series, the Milders explore the colourful capital of the Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok. You can watch the show every Saturday at 8 p.m. on ETV or online on ETV website.

Statement

There are important changes happening in the Vanilla Ninja lineup.

There are significant changes happening within Vanilla Ninja, the band that reunited and released the new album last year, after a 15-years-long break. Keyboard player Katrin Siska and vocalist and bass player Triinu Kivilaan are leaving the band and a new musician is joining the group. Their identity is to be revealed in just a week’s time, when the fresh lineup’s first joint videosingle „Encore” is released.

Piret about Vanilla Ninja’s newest album

Vanilla Ninja member Piret Järvis-Milder was a recent guest at Raadio 2’s morning show „Hommik!”, where she spoke about the band’s reunion and their new album „Encore”.
The band Vanilla Ninja released the album „Encore” after the 15-years-long break.

Piret Järvis-Milder said that the album „Encore” reached 13th place in Germany’s top album sales chart in the first week after the release and it came as a surprise for her, as the band had not had the chance to advertise the new album yet. The album reached Austrian and Swiss charts as well.

The singer stated that even though the band had many admirers within the German-speaking cultural circle, they had not had to sing in German yet. I would not be surprised if a song in German was to come soon. – mentioned Järvis-Milder and said that although their repertoire was mostly in English, the songs released at the beginning of the band’s career were [written] in Estonian.

Most of the fans have reacted well. – said Järvis-Milder. The former listeners found their way back to us.