On October 1, 2025, Elis Hallik was awarded the Annual Music Prize of the Estonian Cultural Endowment.
The prize was awarded for her orchestral works and for an especially creative year, during which several major orchestral pieces received their premieres.
Photo: Krõõt Tarkmeel
Elis Hallik is probably the most interesting Estonian composer who, thus far, i haven’t written much about. During my annual trips to the Estonian Music Days in recent years, she has rarely been featured, so until recently, all i knew of her music were two chamber works, To Become A Tree – probably her most well-known piece to date –…
Elis Halliku teos „To Become a Tree“ kõlab USA esiettekandena täna esmakordselt New Yorgi publiku ees ansambli Broken Frames Syndicate esituses. Kontserti saab otseülekandes jälgida Youtube’is. Eesti helilooja Elis Halliku ansambliteos „To Become a Tree“ flöödile/bassflöödile, bassklarnetile, viiulile, tšellole ja ettevalmistatud klaverile on ettekandel ansambli Broken Frames Syndicate USA turnee kahel kontserdil. 4. veebruaril mängiti…
Elis Hallik’s works will be published by Schott Music in the future. With a history dating back to 1770, Schott Music is one of the world’s most prestigious music publishers. This esteemed publisher has been home to musical giants such as Richard Wagner, Igor Stravinsky, György Ligeti, Toshio Hosokawa, Pēteris Vasks, Chaya Czernowin, and many…
My new work ‘Like a Swan’, performed by the Ensemble for New Music Tallinn and Arash Yazdani, will be premiered today in Vigo, Spain. In this piece, I channel my thoughts for all the people who have suffered and are suffering as a result of Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine. Due to unfortunate events, there…
Oriri – World Premiere in Pärnu On 20 July 2025, a new orchestral work by Elis Hallik will be premiered by the Estonian Festival Orchestra under the baton of Paavo Järvi at the Pärnu Concert Hall, as part of the Pärnu Music Festival. Titled Oriri – from the Latin to rise, to be born – the work is conceived as an opening gesture. It unfolds over approximately ten…
Dedicated to the Ensemble Fractales “To become a tree” is interpreted among recent quintets by Claude Ledoux, Maurizio Azzan and Salvatore Sciarrino. COMMERCIAL RELEASE : MARCH 11TH, 2022 2021/22, a cultural season unlike any other, brings the 30th anniversary of Cypres. Musical renewal and reinvention is of the essence for any record label in today’s environment. An enterprising spirit; a constant…