Jury
SIRJE MEDELL
Member of the Jury
MIKK KAASIK
Member of the Jury
Mikk Kaasik on noor Eesti muusik. Laulmise ja klaverimänguga hakkas ta tegelema
7-aasteselt.
Lauljana on Mikul kogemusi paljudelt erinevatelt konkurssidelt nii Eestist kui
välismaalt. 2024 kevadel võitis ta Uno Naissoo nimelise omaloomingu konkurssi.
Augustis andis ta välja omaloomingulise albumi Take One. Hetkel tegeleb Mikk
muusikaga igapäevaselt ning see on vaieldamatult tema suurim kirg.
NOVELLA HANSON
Member of the Jury
Novella Hanson on jazzmuusik, laulja, vokaalpedagoog. Ta on lauluõpetaja Tõrva ja
Valga muusikakoolides. On töötanud ka Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemias ja Viljandi
Muusikakoolis.
 Novella Hanson on laulnud ansamblites Laine, Fix, Repriis, Initsiaal.
Esinenud ka mitmete teiste muusikutega.
 Novella arvab, et muusika kui kultuuri osa aitab kaasa inimeseks kasvamisel.
 Elagem muusikas ja muusikaga!
Ivi Rausi is a jazz-singer, improviser, songwriter, arranger, music teacher and vocal coach. She has graduated Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre for three times (music teaching, traditional music, and contemporary improvisation). She has also taken part in different jazz and free impro master classes all over the Europe.
Muusikuna meeldib Ivi Rausile katsetada ja mõelda ?kastist välja?. Ta usub, et on oluline otsida oma ?sinilindu? ja julgeda olla ?mina ise?, sest iga hääl siin maailmas on ainulaadne ja kordumatu.
She has published six musical albums.
More information:
Facebook: Ivi Rausi Music
Jere Laukkanen works as Senior Lecturer at the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Department of Music, teaching composition, arranging, ear-training, music theory, songwriting, and orchestras/ensembles. He was the Head of the Music Department in 2008-2016 and is now the Lecturer in Charge of the Music Writing and Production Major.
Laukkanen is a much sought-after arranger, composer and conductor, and has written for all major Finnish television channels and numerous orchestras, including European Jazz Orchestra, UMO Jazz Orchestra, Vantaa Pops Orchestra, and Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Besides his own band, Jere Laukkanen Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, for which he is the sole composer and arranger, he has conducted jazz orchestras like the European Jazz Orchestra (multinational), UMO Jazz Orchestra (Finland), Berklee Jazz Composers’ Big Band (USA), Radio Romania Big Band, Big Band Conservatori del Liceu (Spain), and Estonian Dream Big Band, to name a few.
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