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 others.
Read more in the official announcement on Schott Music’s website.
Elis Hallik is one of the composers in residence with the Ensemble U: this year. The topic of this year’s Residentuu:r investigates the role and potential of musical recordings at the present day, in the decay of CD culture, learn about the needs of nowadays listeners. Ensemble U: starts to work on the concept of…
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…
On 10 July 2025, Estonian composer Elis Hallik’s new work Transience will receive its world premiere at St. John’s Church (Jaani kirik) in Tartu, as part of the Klaaspärlimäng Festival. The piece, written for string orchestra, will be performed by Klaaspärlimäng Sinfonietta under the baton of Kristiina Poska. From the Latin transientia, meaning something that passes, Transience reflects the beauty of a moment that doesn’t last,…
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 –…
Contemporary music group Lisbon Ensemble 20/21 will perform “To Become a Tree” (2016) at the Croma Contemporary Music Festival on March 17th in Oeiras, Portugal. The concert will take place in the Ruy de Carvalho hall (Auditório Municipal Ruy de Carvalho) in Carnaxide.CROMA Contemporary Music Festival aims to promote and disseminate Portuguese contemporary music. In…
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…