Mirjam Tally (born 28 November 1976 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. In 2003 she 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 ...

. In 1998-2004 she was a freelance program host in the classical music channel

Klassikaraadio Klassikaraadio ('Radio of Classics') is an Estonian radio program/ station which is managed by Estonian Public Broadcasting (formerly Estonian Radio Eesti Raadio (Estonian Radio, ER) was the public service radio broadcaster of Estonia that, a ...

. 2003-2006 she was an editor for music magazine ''Muusika''. Since 2006 she lives in

Visby Visby () is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants . Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic city of Visby is arguably th ...

, Sweden. Since 2000, she is a member of

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 ...

. Since 2007 she is a member of Swedish Society of Composers. Awards: * 2004:

Heino Eller Heino Eller (7 March 1887 – 16 June 1970) was an Estonian composer and pedagogue, known as the founder of contemporary Estonian symphonic music. Life Eller was born in Tartu, where he took private lessons in violin and music theory, played ...

Music Prize * 2008: Christ Johnson-priset

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tally, Mirjam Living people 1976 births 21st-century Estonian composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Estonian radio personalities Estonian editors Estonian women editors Estonian emigrants to Sweden People from Tallinn