Madli Marje Gildemann: Dream Sequence of an Ancient Forest

Featuring

Kaspar Mänd
Kadri-Ann Sumera
Talvi Hunt
Ludensemble
Madli Marje Gildemann

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Performer Biography

Talvi Hunt, another pianist on this album, is an Estonian pianist specializing in contemporary music, performing regularly with international ensembles and orchestras.

Album & Artwork

The album, Dream Sequence of an Ancient Forest, is not just a collection of works from 2017 to 2023, but a carefully conceived dramaturgical journey.

Recording & Production

The album was recorded across three different venues: Arvo Pärt Centre, Viimsi St. Jakob's Church, and Tallinn College of Music and Ballet.

Composer Biography

Madli Marje Gildemann draws inspiration from various biological processes and natural phenomena, integrating these into her compositions to create unique musical landscapes.

Performer Biography

Kadri-Ann Sumera, one of the pianists on this album, is a versatile musician with a focus on Estonian composers, including her father, Lepo Sumera, whose complete piano works she has recorded.

Composer Biography

Madli Marje Gildemann has won several awards, including 2nd prize at the International Rostrum of Composers in 2022 for her piece Transpiration, and the ISCM Young Composer Award in 2023 for Osmosis.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Madli Marje Gildemann, an Estonian composer, unites precise observation with free-flowing imagination, weaving scientific accuracy, natural phenomena, and biological subtlety with a mythological and magical sense of being.