Ensemble for New Music Tallinn and Katariin Raska (bagpipe)

The bagpipe ("torupill" in Estonian) is known in various parts of the world for its distinctive sound and is usually associated with diatonic music. However, thanks to its unique construction it offers a rare opportunity to explore and discover intonation from a new perspective. The concert combines the unique Estonian bagpipe with a contemporary music ensemble. An exciting and varied concert experience is guaranteed by the fact that the composers who have created new works for the bagpipe and the ensemble each have a very different approach to microintervals and a distinctive musical language.

Program:

William Dougherty (USA) - "empty cisterns and exhausted wells" (2025)*

Klaus Lang (Austria) - "corium" (2025)*

Liisa Hirsch (EST) - "Chorus. Immerse. Symmetry" (2025)*

Arash Yazdani (EST) - "Sharveh" (2025)*

Dror Feiler (SWE) - "Excarnation Redux" (2025)*

* world premiere

Ensemble for New Music Tallinn:

Maria Lume (flutes)

Soo-Young Lee (clarinets)

Toomas Hendrik Ellervee (violin)

Talvi Nurgamaa (viola)

Paul-Gunnar Loorand (cello)

Madis Jürgens (double bass)

Arash Yazdani (conductor)

Soloist: Katariin Raska (bagpipe)

Ensemble for New Music Tallinn was founded in 2013 and has since gained recognition both in Estonia and internationally. As one of the leading contemporary music ensembles in the Baltic and Nordic countries, it covers a wide range of contemporary styles and genres, focusing primarily on alternative intonations and microtonal music. The ensemble's work is characterized by a spirit of experimentation and a desire to explore the recent history of music, while constantly discovering new sonic dimensions.

Ensemble for New Music Tallinn is the winner of the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Ensemble Prize 2026.

Katariin Raska is a multi-instrumentalist and improviser based in Tallinn, Estonia. Her projects are connected to folk and traditional music, to free improvisation and experimental music. In 2010, Raska graduated from University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy with a Bachelor degree in Estonian traditional music. She also obtained a Bachelor and Master degree in performing arts from Norwegian Academy of Music (2013, 2016). As a promoter of Estonian jaw harp music, Katariin Raska is the founder of the association Eesti Parmupilli Selts (Estonian Jaw Harp Association) and the organiser of Estonian jaw harp festivals (2020 and 2021). She is a pioneer of improvisational music played on Estonian bagpipes.

Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/766800706058182

About the performers:

enmtallinn.com

kultuur.ee/katariin-raska/

Same program will be performed:

21.11.2025 Startbahn-Genezarethkirche, Berlin

23.11.2025 Naxoshalle, Frankfurt