EMA concert “Drosseli Ringid”

The programme brings the rediscovered electroacoustic compositions from the 1950s and 1960s by Õie-Olinda Sachermann (born 1915), presumably the first Estonian woman composer of electronic music, and music by Sven Grünberg on instruments of its era. EMA has brought Grünberg’s early electronic music to the stage, bringing the legendary studio recordings to life in live performance.

Very little is known about Sachermann. It is not known where Sachermann worked, but she presumably had access to Estonian Radio’s equipment, as the distinctive sound of the choke-coil oscillating circuits in use at the time bears witness. The compositions are performed by EMA, the ensemble of the Estonian Electronic Music Society.

The concert takes place as part of the annual conference of the Estonian Centre of Contemporary Music (ECCM), which this year, under the title “Tulevik läks meist mööda” (The Future Passed Us By), deals with technological innovation, or more precisely and in plainer words, with musical instruments. We will discuss the role of instruments in making music and, more broadly, in making art.

Tickets: concert tickets fienta.com/et/ema-kontsert-drosseli-ringid 15/25 and at the door 20/30