Estonian Electronic Music Society Ensemble (EMA) [SOLD OUT]

Standard £18 // Solidarity £23.40 // Under 30 £7
Advance booking required

Our Solidarity ticket price is an opportunity for audiences to support our work by purchasing a ticket at a slightly higher price (the cost of a Standard ticket plus 30%). Read more about Solidarity prices here.

Please note: this concert will accommodate a mixture of seated and standing attendees, with seating allocated on a first-come, first-served basis on the day.

ensemble EMA:
Taavi Kerikmäe
Tarmo Johannes
Ekke Västrik
Juhan Vihterpal
Doris Hallmägi

Õie Olinda Sacherman could have been the first female composer of electronic music in Estonia. Little is known about her – on the cover of a tape of her work found by EMA, the year of her birth is marked as 1915, but the year of her death is unknown; presumably she emigrated abroad, where all trace of her has been lost. It is not known where Sacherman worked, but based on the distinctive sound of the Drossel-circle circuits used at the time, it seems likely that she had access to equipment from the Estonian Radio.

Using their Historically Informed Performance approach, EMA has transcribed Sachermann’s music from the found tapes and premieres it at hcmf// 2025 – alongside more recent works by Estonian composers Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes, Ekke Västrik and Rauno Remme – using technology from the 1950s and 1960s, transporting the audience back to the past. Or was it the future?

Produced by hcmf// supported by Estonian Centre of Contemporary Music

Photo: Estonian Electronic Music Society Ensemble © Helen Västrik