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- 2019 Sinine<\/li>\n
- 2018 Ait\u00e4h, Valter Ojak\u00e4\u00e4r<\/li>\n
- 2017 Valge Aeg<\/li>\n
- 2017 Really Just Friends<\/li>\n
- 2014 \u00d6\u00f6 valgus<\/li>\n
- 2013 Ununenud unistused<\/li>\n
- 2009 Cafe Anglais<\/li>\n
- 2009 P\u00e4ike ikka paistma j\u00e4\u00e4b<\/li>\n
- 2008 Avarsinise taeva ja laulude tund<\/li>\n
- 2008 I’m Starting to Like You<\/li>\n
- 2006 Kuulates Legrand’i<\/li>\n
- 2005 Mu s\u00fc\u0081da \u00e4rka \u00fc\u0081les<\/li>\n
- 2005 Vaikne hetk<\/li>\n
- 2004 Su aknast n\u00e4en<\/li>\n
- 2003 Hetk vaikust<\/li>\n
- 2003 Velvet Leegion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The singer Helin-Mari Arder<\/strong> comes from a family of musicians. Her parents also gave their lives to music \u2013 her father Jaan Arder was a singer (in such groups as Apelsin, Hortus Musicus, Elavad Klassikud, Kolm Krooni, Trio Naturale and many others) and her mother Lembi Arder was a music teacher.<\/p>\nCritics have called Helin-Mari the sunshine of the Estonian jazz scene, charming listeners with her musical sincerity and immediate interaction with audiences. Lithe bossas and sambas in Portuguese, charming French chansons, and music in her native language are all equally close to her heart.<\/p>\n
The first time she stepped up on the big stage was during her studies at the Georg Ots Music High School, and the Estonian public embraced her quickly. Her first album was released at the end of 2003, and to date she has been the lead singer on almost ten albums.<\/p>\n
Helin-Mari has graduated from the pop-jazz vocal programme at the Tallinn Georg Ots Music High School, where she studied under Mare V\u00e4ljataga, and the pop-jazz vocal and music teaching programme at Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia. Her previous language studies at the University of Tartu have also come in handy, as they have enabled her to sing songs in their original languages (French, Portuguese, Italian, etc.). The band Helin-Mari Arderi trio<\/strong> was formed in spring 2001, and performing with it brought her first major recognition \u2013 Helin-Mari won the N\u00f5mme Young Jazz Singers competition and got to perform at the renowned Pori Jazz Festival. In addition to Helin-Mari, the original trio also comprised Teet Raik<\/strong> on the guitar and trumpet, and Ara Yaralyan<\/strong> on the double bass. In addition to them, many other renowned Estonian musicians have also taken part in the trio over the years (Mart Soo, Siim Aimla, Danel Aljo, Taavo Remmel, Mihkel M\u00e4lgand, Toomas Rull, Ahto Abner, and many others).<\/p>\n
After the first competition win, Helin-Mari has participated in many singing and composition competitions and has finished in the top three and semi-finals of many of them, for instance the Brussels International Jazz Singers Contest, Montreux Vocal Competition, Estvokaal, the Uno Naissoo Competition of Music Composition and Interpretation, Haapsalu singing competition, the P\u00e4rnu international improvisation contest of the shortest summer night, Lady Summertime (Finland), etc. She has also been a nominee for the best jazz album at the Estonian Music Awards multiple times.<\/p>\n
Helin-Mari has worked with many eminent musicians (Raivo Tafenau, Lembit Saarsalu, Olav Ehala, Sergio Bastos, Andy Fite, Larry Price, and many others). In addition to Estonia, she has performed in many European countries, the United States of America, and Russia. She has put on many original and exciting concerts, such as a concert of Arabian love songs entitled \u20181001 \u00f6\u00f6d\u2019<\/strong> (\u20181001 nights\u2019), a concert of Estonian folk and religious songs entitled \u2018Mu s\u00fcda \u00e4rka \u00fcles\u2019 (\u2018Wake up, o heart of mine\u2019), joint concerts with the American singer-guitarist Andy Fite, and also \u2018Kuulates Legrandi\u2019<\/strong> (\u2018Listening to Legrand\u2019), consisting of the oeuvre of the great songwriter Michel Legrand, and \u2018Caf\u00e9 Anglais\u2019<\/strong>, Helin-Mari\u2019s own music. In addition to that, she has a performed a chanson set with the accordionist Jaak Lutsoja, the concert project \u2018Avarsinise taeva ja laulude tund\u2019<\/strong> (\u2018An hour of clear blue sky and songs\u2019) with Tallinn Old Town Mixed Choir, and many more interesting endeavours. The majority of those concert projects have also been recorded and are available on CD.<\/p>\n
Among Helin-Mari\u2019s newest concert programmes is \u2018Aeg ei peatu\u2019<\/strong> (\u2018Time does not stop\u2019), written to lyrics by Ott Arder and also released as the album \u2018Ununenud unistused\u2019<\/strong> (\u2018Forgotten dreams\u2019) in autumn 2013. Over the past few years, Helin-Mari has also written music to lyrics penned by the poet Eeva Park. They performed together in spring 2013 at the Jazzkaar concert day \u2018Luule jazzis\u2019 (\u2018Poetry in jazz\u2019), which served as inspiration for the album \u2018\u00d6\u00f6 valgus\u2019 (\u2018Night light\u2019), released in spring 2014, both as a separate album and also coupled with Eeva Park\u2019s new poetry collection \u2018Oda j\u00e4lg \u00f5hus\u2019 (\u2018The spear\u2019s trail in the air\u2019).[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n\n\t\t