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\u00d5ie Olinda Sacherman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u00d5ie Olinda Sacherman<\/strong> \u00d5ie Olinda Sacherman is believed to be Estonia\u2019s first female composer of electronic music. Very little information is available about her. The tape featured in the concert of EMA in Estonian Music Days 2022 was found in the archives of the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum. It is unknown where Sacherman worked, but it is assumed she had access to Estonian Radio\u2019s equipment, as evidenced by the distinctive sound of drossel circuits used at the time. The piece employs surprisingly modern electronic solutions for its era. The work is unfinished. The tape\u2019s cover lists her birth year as 1915. Her year of death is unknown, and it is presumed that she emigrated abroad, where her trail has been lost. Source: : https:\/\/www.eestimuusikapaevad.ee\/2022\/bio\/oie-olinda-sacherman\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Udo Kasemets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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EMA has consistently researched and performed the music of Estonian-Canadian composer Udo Kasemets (link https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/udo-kasemets-emc) (1919\u20132014). Kasemets has been called Estonia\u2019s most unknown famous composer, the Canadian John Cage, and Canada\u2019s most uncompromising composer of all time. Since 2019, EMA has been regularly performing Udo Kasemets\u2019 electronic music (Lun(h)armonics, Yi Jing Jitterbug Soloctet, David & David & Larry & James, Tt \u2013 Tribute to tribute to Buckminster Fuller, Marshall McLuhan, John Cage).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last one, Tt \u2013 Tribute to tribute to Buckminster Fuller, Marshall McLuhan, John Cage (1968), is truly remarkable and was incredibly ambitious for its time, but still resonates today. According to Kasemets, it is a \u201ccybernetic, audience-controlled, audio-visual performance piece, cybernetic music for eye, ear, and mind.\u201d This multimedia work is shaped by data collected from the audience. It uses electronic sounds, phonograms, text readings, light, film clips, graphs projected onto screens, and even in its 1968 premiere, a computer was used for real-time data analysis!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMA has performed the work in two versions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) In a modern, digital format: The audience participates via a web-based interface, data is collected over a network, and results of the analysis are sent electronically to all performers and displayed on screens. This version can also be presented over the internet, where participants and performers don\u2019t necessarily need to be in the same physical space.<\/p>\n\n\n

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