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doctoral thesis- Phd (2026)
Composing and Analysing with Idiomatic and Idiosyncratic Resources in a Hybrid Intercultural Musical Environment
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Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Kerri Kotta (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). Opponent: Prof. Dr. Wei-Ya Lin (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna)
Articles
Composing for Intercultural Instrumentation: Idiomatic and Idiosyncratic Resources (2026)
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This article is based on a presentation done at the XVI Academic Spring Readings 2026 (XVI Akademichni Proletni Cheteniya 2026), organized by the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” (Sofia, Bulgaria), 22–24 April 2026.
master thesis (2021)
TEXTURE AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TOOL: the use of texture as an unifying parameter to an audiovisual composition
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Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Theodore Parker
master thesis (2017)
Introduction to syncretism as a compositional process: an overview of the inter-relation between oral tradition, cancioneiro and composed music in Brazil and its relation to three of my compositions
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Amsterdam University of the Arts - Amsterdam Conservatory (CvA). Thesis supervised by Joël Bons
Essays and reports
NORDTRAD 2022: Report of main activities during NORDTRAD 2022, held at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo
2022, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
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Spectromorphology’s terminologies as creative triggers for textural acoustic music composition
2021, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
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STRATEGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RITUALISTIC MUSICAL ATMOSPHERE: “Curse Upon Iron” by Veljo Tormis and “Symphony nr.2: Dos Orixás” by Almeida Prado
2020, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre)
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