Taavi Kerikmäe was born on 1976 in Tartu (Estonia). After graduating from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre on classical piano, he studied contemporary music in Conservatoire National Supérieure de Lyon. Currently he is working as a performing artist and composer and teaching experimental music and improvisation in the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Kerikmäe has performed on numerous contemporary music festival (Biennale in Venice, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Nuovo Consonanza in Rome etc,) and worked with such composers as Ivan Fedele, Pierre Boulez, Tristan Murail, Vinko Globokar, F.-B. Mâche, Alessandro Solbiatti, Helena Tulve and many others. Kerikmäe has given concerts in most of European countries, USA, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, Greenland, and Thailand, has collaborated on improvisation with multiple artists and composed music for several modern dance performances. In 2015, Sumera was awarded the Estonian Cultural Endowment as a “multitalented recitalist and innovative interpreter”. On concerts Taavi is performing with piano, theremin, various synths and keyboards, different live electronics and custom made electronic instruments.
