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Mari Kalkun (born 1 April 1986) is an Estonian singer and musician who specializes in contemporary
Mari Kalkun's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalkun, Mari 1986 births Living people People from Võru 21st-century Estonian women singers 21st-century Estonian women musicians Sibelius Academy alumni Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni
Mari Kalkun (born 1 April 1986) is an Estonian singer and musician who specializes in contemporary folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...
. She has performed at home and abroad with the ensemble Runorum, releasing several recordings since 2007. In 2013, she was voted the best singer at Estonia's Ethno Music Awards. Her widely acclaimed 2018 album ''Ilmamõtsan'' consists of the songs inspired by Estonian traditional folk music, especially that from the villages of Kalkun's native Võru
Võru (; vro, Võro; german: Werro) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish.
History
Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Cather ...
in south-eastern Estonia.
Biography
Born on 1 April 1986, Mari Kalkun was brought up in the Võru district in south-eastern Estonia where since her childhood she has been inspired by the surrounding woodlands, birds and bogs. Her cousin is musician and folkorist Andreas Kalkun, with whom she has also collaborated. She first studied cultural management at the Viljandi Culture Academy, followed by music studies at theEstonian 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 ...
. She was an exchange student at 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 al ...
in Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
, Finland, graduating with a master's degree in traditional singing. She has developed her specific style of combining folk music with jazz.
Kalkun not only sings but composes her own music and plays several instruments including the Estonian zither, piano, accordion and guitar. She released her first solo album ''Üü tulõk'' (Arrival of the Night) in 2007. Thanks to its success, she was invited to concerts in France, the UK, Finland and Russia. In 2009, she performed in Japan together with the Estonian artist Pastacas where a recording of her music was also released.
Later recordings include ''Dear Rain'' (2010), ''Tii ilo'' (2015) together with her Finnish band Runorum, and ''Upa-upa ubinakõnõ'' (2015) in her native Võru dialect. ''Ilmamõtsan'' was released in November 2017. It consists of 12 songs in Estonian and Võru, most of them written by Kalkun inspired by local poets.
References
External links
Mari Kalkun's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalkun, Mari 1986 births Living people People from Võru 21st-century Estonian women singers 21st-century Estonian women musicians Sibelius Academy alumni Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni