{"id":2681,"date":"2025-03-26T21:22:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/interpret\/mari-kalkun\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T20:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:37:43","slug":"mari-kalkun","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/en\/ucinkujici\/mari-kalkun\/","title":{"rendered":"Mari Kalkun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mari Kalkun - Maaim\u00e4 (Mother Earth)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wZNQYdjtFCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mari Kalkun experiments with various instruments, such as the traditional Estonian kannel or piano. 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