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Dear ECMTA Spring Meeting Participants!

On behalf of the entire team, we extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you who joined us for the Spring Meeting in Tallinn. Your presence, insights, and energy made it a truly meaningful and inspiring gathering. A special thank-you to our presenters for their outstanding contributions — we truly had a series of wonderful presentations by: Mari-Poll Novakovic and Roland Bialobroda.

We are also pleased to share the results of the recent elections:

Chairwoman: Marje Lohuaru

Vice Chairwoman: Katariina Liimatainen

Board Members:

  • Indrė Baikštytė
  • Bogna Czerwińska-Szymula
  • Tobias Granmo
  • Grzegorz Mania
  • Yiannis Miralis
  • Tuomas Untamala

Deputy Members:

  • Piret Väinmaa
  • Daiva Stulgytė-Povilaitienė

During Members’ Forum we had insightful presentations by:

1. Evan Rothstein 

Integrating Chamber Music Skills into String Orchestra: A case study in repertoire and rehearsal

2. Gytis Cinauskas

Stage fright. How to help a student overcome their fear of getting on stage?

3. Justyna Piękoś-Kędzierska 

Contemporary Polish literature for piano duo. Outline of characteristics

4. Piotr Rozanski

Polish discoveries: chamber music by Roman Ryterband

5. José Manuel Gil de Gálvez 

Prerecorded video: “ECMTA Autumn Meeting in Malaga 2025

6. Sten Heinoja

The Performative Examination of Mart Saar’s Piano Preludes

7. Ilona Klusaite 

Experience of organising Naujalis Chamber Music Course in Kaunas, Lithuania

8. Pekka Helasvuo 

About the volume IV/3 of the Critical Edition of Jean Sibelius’ works: Piano Quintet G minor JS 159

9. David Vuković

Varaždin School of Music – Bridges of Chamber Music

Thank you all for your continued support, enthusiasm, and commitment!

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