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_____________News & upcoming events


|| 19.05.2023
69TH INTERNATIONAL ROSTRUM OF COMPOSERS
and the sky turned yellow was selected as one of the RECOMMENDED WORKS!


|| APRIL - MAY 2023
Estonian Music Days will have performances of CONFLUENCE (2021), and the sky turned yellow (2022) and a premiere of Phantom Trails (2023) in the programme:
26.04 - Ensemble New Music Tallinn @ Tallinn Creative Hub
30.04 - Ensemble of the Estonian Electronic Music Society @ Kanuti Gildi SAAL
01.05 - Ensemble U: @ The Concert and Theatre House of EMTA, black box
07.05 - Ensemble U: @ Tartu Heino Eller Music College



|| FEBRUARY 2023
02.02 – (((transponder))) at Vorspiel 2023 - Performances with Clemens Schöll, Liudmila Sierwerski & Sander Saarmets @ Alte Münze, Berlin
02.02 – Remix release day: reMolded - a rework of Lauri Lest's single "Molded" is now available on all platforms.


|| DECEMBER 2022
03.12 – VJ OPEN LAB#31: Liudmila Siewerski & Sander Saarmets / Charlotte Wie Der Fluss @ PANDA platforma, Berlin

|| NOVEMBER 2022
08.11 – Premiere of Artefactourism: rumours and ruins performance with original live music @ STL, Tallinn
24.11 – Premiere of and the sky turned yellow by Ensemble for New Music Tallinn at Sound Plasma Festival @ Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin


|| OCTOBER 2022
30.10 – Premiere of Shards for flute and electronics at Afekt Festival @ Genialistide Klubi, Tartu

|| SEPTEMBER 2022
24.09 – Ääniaalto Festival: Merle Karp x Sander Saarmets @ Vapaan taiteen tila, Helsinki

|| JULY 2022
08.07 – Suveune öönägu: V4R1 modular live @ ULM, Tallinn
06 - 09.07 – Bohdana Korohod, Daria Khrystych "performing inscribed trajectories: a play in walks" @ BALTOSCANDAL

|| MAY 2022
18.05 – inklingroom 18.05.2022 @ HALL, Tallinn


|| MARCH 2022
29.03 – Improtest: Sander Saarmets / Doris Hallmägi @ Kanuti Gild, Tallinn
04.03 – UNUSTA/FORGET opening event | Sander Saarmets + Jan Kaus @ elektron.art

|| NOVEMBER 2021
27.11 – Nature as Magic: AV Bridges | Sander Saarmets + Merle Karp @ elektron.art

|| OCTOBER 2021:
22.10 – Üle Heli: Eksperimendid horisondiga vol. 4 - a new composition for Ensemble U: @ Kanuti Gild, Tallinn
02.10 – TMW 2021: Üle Heli & Skaņu Mežs Night @ Winkel, Tallinn

|| FILM & SOUND DESIGN
09.10 – World Premiere of A Pile of Ghosts at the AFFR Architectural Filmfestival Rotterdam 2021


|| CODE & WEB ART
KIPATAUW is displayed at the 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival | Online | 20.09.21 - 31.10.21


|| AUGUST 2021:
28.08 – EES: SIRAKAS @ Copper Leg Residency, Estonia
14.08 – ÜLE MAA HELI @ Maajaam, Estonia

|| 19.06.2021
Ella Raidel x Sander Saarmets video installation Ghost Hits Wall dispalyed in Pavilion 0 at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

|| 15.06.2021
Sander Saarmets will perform at TMW 2021: Üle Heli & Skaņu Mežs Night on October 2th.


|| 21.04.2021
Sander Saarmets becomes a member of Estonian Composer's Union.




________Biography


Sander Saarmets is an interdisciplinary composer, sound designer & electronic musician hailing from Estonia.

Starting from the 2000's electronic scene of Tallinn, Saarmets has been on a constant sonic expedition that has led him to places like Taiwan, Sweden, France & Germany. He has studied electronic music at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and is a proud member of the CoPeCo alumni.

During his journey, he has created solo and ensemble works, music and soundscapes for film (e.g. Everyday Mysticism & A Pile of Ghosts), contemporary dance (e.g. Ainukordus & Artefactourism), galleries (e.g. We Will Always Have Paris & Ghost Hits Wall) & runways (e.g. YUFASH SS20 at New York Fashion Week).

He has released albums under the monikers of Muschraum (Ulmeplaadid, 2005) & V4R1 (Grainy Records, 2017).

Sander Saarmets is a member of Estonian Composers Union and a board member of Estonian Electronic Music Society.