Ung Nordisk Musik Estonia

05/07/2025

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 🇪🇪

Apply with a composition or sound piece to participate in the 2026 Young Nordic Composers festival in Denmark.

Young Estonian composers and sound artists up to 31 years are warmly invited to apply. Two composers will be selected tor represent Estonia. The previous winners include Gregor Kulla, Merilyn Jaeski, Krõõt-Kärt Kaev and Sille Kima.

🔗 Application information and form: https://linktr.ee/unmestonia
⏳ Deadline is 3 August 2025
🌀 Share the application with all Estonian composers and musicians you know. All genres are welcome - from chamber operas to instrumental works to electronic pieces.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us: [email protected]

We are looking forward to your application!

23/06/2025

OPEN CALL FOR YOUNG ESTONIAN COMPOSERS:

UNM Residency 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
For the 2026 UNM festival, we are very excited to announce a residency collaboration with the ensemble NEKO3.

NEKO3 is a Copenhagen-based experimental trio consisting of pianist/performer Fei Nie and two percussionists/performers Lorenzo Colombo and Kalle Hakosalo. More info: https://www.neko3cph.com/events/

Application deadline: 30 June
Application link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zzowyCWdWQPNc8g9zq4niAHOP0Stvul3JBewSajs3Dk/viewform?edit_requested=true

Selected works will be workshopped in Copenhagen with the composers, ensemble members and mentors Jeppe Just Christensen and Søs Gunver Ryberg during the 26th to 30th of May 2026 and showcased as a part of the festival program in August 2026.

Residency mentors:
Jeppe Just Christensen
Søs Gunver Ryberg

18/04/2025

Glimpses of the wonderful Ung Nordisk Musik Festival 2024 edition in Örebro, Sweden. Organised by UNM Sverige.

25/11/2024

We are thrilled to announce the composers selected to represent Estonia at the next young nordic composers festival UNM 2025 edition, taking place in Helsinki, Finland.

Merilyn Jaeski and Gregor Kulla
Congratulations!

Meet Merilyn Jaeski:
Merilyn Jaeski's musical education began with piano lessons at the age of four in Belgium. After returning to Estonia, she continued her piano studies at the music school of Vanalinna Hariduskolleegium with Ingrid Vooglaid. She graduated in 2018.

From 2010 to 2012 she lived in the Netherlands and acquired her education at Afnorth International School. During that time, she received her musical training under the guidance of a private teacher, Ina Jager.

Merilyn Jaeski graduated the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with a degree in musicology in 2021. From 2019 to 2022 she studied composition at Georg Ots Tallinn Music College with Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes.Now, Jaeski continues her composition studies in the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre under the guidance of Helena Tulve.

The work selected for Ung Nordisk Musik 2025 is titled “A Thousand Lights Away”, and it was composed under the guidance of Helena Tulve, with advice from Margo Kõlar and Hans-Gunter Lock.

Listen to Merilyn’s compositions on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/merilyn-jaeski

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https://www.instagram.com/unmestonia/

08/09/2024

Glimpses of Ung Nordisk Musik Festival 2024 in Örebro, Sweden
Photos by Linnea Landström, Elias Schomers, Kraft
Thank you UNM Sverige 🇸🇪 💛💙

08/09/2024

Glimpses of Ung Nordisk Musik Festival 2024 in Sweden. Special day with site specific performances at Ställbergs gruva former mine area Ställbergs Gruva

Photos by Linnea Landström
Thank you UNM Sverige 🇸🇪 💛💙

01/09/2024

23/08/2024

19.-24.augustil toimub Örebros noorte Põhjamaade heliloojate festival Ung Nordisk Musik. UNM festival esitleb alates 1946. aastast uue generatsiooni heliloojate loomingut - orkestriteoseid, kammermuusikat, teoseid sooloinstrumentidele, elektroakustilist loomingut ning heliilnstallatsioone. 2024 aasta festivalil tuleb esitlusele ligikaudu 40 teost Põhja- ja Baltimaadest.

Gregor Kulla esitleb elektroakustilist teost “draaag her”. Anni Nöps osaleb akustilises teoses “An Ensemble is an Army“.

Kõik kontserdid on külastajatele tasuta. Rohkem infot ja ajagraafiku leiab UNM Rootsi kodulehel: https://unmfestival2024.com