Malle Maltis (born 11 March 1977 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n composer. She currently teaches composition and electronic music at the

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

and has been a music director at the Estonian Drama Theatre since 2013. She is also a member of the

Estonian Composers' Union Estonian Composers' Union (abbeviation ECU; et, Eesti Heliloojate Liit) is an Estonian creative union which encompasses professional composers and musicologists in Estonia. The chairman of ECU is Märt-Matis Lill. Since 2005, ECU is a member of ...

Education

Maltis began her musical studies with playing recorder and oboe. In 1999, she studied composition at the

. In 2003, she studied at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht in Utrecht, Netherlands. In 2005-2006 she studied at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini in Trieste, Italy. Finally, in 2007-2008, she studied at both the

Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Akademin vid Konstuniversitetet) is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It als ...

in Helsinki, Finland and the

Catalonia College of Music The Catalonia College of Music ( ca, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, ESMUC; ) is a music school in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The school is located at L'Auditori, a performing arts center inaugurated in 1999 which also houses three conc ...

in Barcelona, Spain.

Career

Mattis has written and composed a wide array of works, such as chamber ensembles, chamber orchestra, solo instruments, electro-acoustic compositions and film music. Her work has been performed in Estonia and across Europe, including various festivals, such as Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, Avantgarde-Tirol Festival, and Festival Sounds New in Canterbury. Her current teaching focuses on the symbiosis of electronic and acoustic music; acoustic music inspired by electronic music and vice versa; esthetics of acoustic sound world used in electronic works; and works for solo instruments and ensembles, electro-acoustic and film music.

Awards

*2004: 1st prize Musica Nova at the International Electroacoustic Music Competition in Prague *2005: Composter's Prize at the Estonian Music Days Festival *2007: Composter's Prize at the Estonian Music Days Festival *2010: 3rd place ECPNM contest for live-electronic music works * 2010: 3rd place European Conference of Promoters of New Music (ECPNM) contest

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maltis, Malle 1977 births Living people 21st-century Estonian composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Musicians from Tallinn Catalonia College of Music alumni