Mihkel Kerem (born 23 January 1981 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 and violinist. Kerem graduated from

Tallinn Music High School Tallinn Music High School ( et, Tallinna Muusikakeskkool) is a special music high school in Tallinn, Estonia. History TMHS was founded in 1961 to ensure a sufficient number of quality applicants to the Tallinn State Conservatory (now Estonian ...

in 1999. In 2002 he graduated from

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 ...

, studying two disciplines: violin and composition. In 2006 he finished his master's thesis at Royal Music College in London. He has been violinist in several musical groups, e.g. in Kerem Quartet, and Tobias String Quartet.

Works

;Orchestral * 1996: Symphony No. 1 * Symphony No. 2 nfinished* 2003: Symphony No. 3 ''For the Victims of Communism'' * Divertimento for orchestra (2007) * ''Fanfare'' for symphony orchestra (2010) ;Concertante * Concerto for viola and orchestra (1994) * ''Lament'' (Lamento) for cello or viola and string orchestra (2008, 2009) ;Chamber music * Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1993–1994) * Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1996) * ''Nimetud lood'' (Nameless Pieces) for clarinet, viola and piano (2006) * Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (2006) * Sonata for viola and piano (2007)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerem, Mihkel 1981 births Living people 21st-century Estonian composers Estonian violinists Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Musicians from Tallinn