Maarja Nuut

After first studying classical music, she turned to folk, adopting the village style of traditional Estonian songs.

In 2016, she began to collaborate with Hendrik Kaljujärv (aka Ruum), who creates his own abstract electronic sounds.

When she was 21, she travelled to India with the Dutch cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas to study Hindustani music.

[1] Back in Estonia, in 2008 she decided to move into folk music which she studied at the Viljandi Culture Academy, a department of the University of Tartu.

[1] In her current performances based on the violin, looper, and keyboard, she develops the lyrics from village music into contemporary compositions.