Music Meets Film 2024 participants:
Agathe Lavarel, a film composer, flutist and singer who combines orchestral writing with vocal and electronic textures. Her work has been featured in short films, video games and virtual reality exhibitions. In 2024, she won an honourable mention at the European Talent Awards at Soundtrack Cologne for her collaboration with sound designer Nicolas vön Moreau. In 2023, she won the French New Wave Award for "Exploration". In 2022, she received the 1st ALLIA Award for Inspiring Female Artists in Canada.
Brooks Leibee born in South Carolina, USA, found an early love for film and the music within the screen. He went on to pursue his interests in film, creating projects behind the camera and score. He performed in grade school orchestras for eight years before competing in All-County and All-State Orchestras. In undergrad, he began writing soundtracks for he and his friends' short films. Science then he has built his professional portfolio as a composer for film and media.
Célyne Baudino is a French multi-instrumentalist musician and composer who has written music for film, live entertainment, orchestral scores and radio. Her artistry has already enriched several short and animated films, as well as a first feature-length documentary. One of these, Kill the Horse, recently won the Best Animation Short Film Award at the 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival. Her musical works combine vocal, acoustic and electronic textures to create a rich and powerful universe.
Kristjan Ruus, Estonian music producer, composer, writer, artist and lifelong cinema fan. He has been making music for himself for years. Recently he has worked with or participated in writing camps for Universal Music Group, Roc Nation, Atlantic Records, Epic Records, The Hello Group, Loudkult, Soave Records, Nova Wav. He has also done some work in sync, working with Nissan, TBWA, NFL, placing music on ESPN+.
Lauri Kadalipp, Estonian composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, is the founder and current artistic director of the New Wind Jazz Orchestra. He has arranged music for Estonian pop artists, such as Anett, NOËP, Angus, Gameboy Tetris, Smilers and many more. His first bigger film music work for Vanamehe film (2019) received a nomination for the best film composer award in 2020 at EFTA (Estonian Film and TV Awards).
Mikko Aaltio, former multi-instrumentalist for Finnish rock band Tiisu, Mikko Aaltio has become a media composer. His scores include YLE's drama series No Shame. His music can also be heard in the indie video games Birds Organised Neatly, Feed All Monsters and Dealer's Life Legend. As an arranger and orchestrator, Mikko has worked on many high-profile projects such as Netflix's Finding 'ohana, the Finnish F2P mega-hit mobile video games Clash of Clans and Merge Mansion, and BossLady, the musical for Jyväskylä City Theatre.
Natalie Schäfer is a German-Czech film composer, arranger, musician and teacher. She is currently studying composition for film and media with Nicklas Schmidt and Daniel Fjellström at the Malmö Academy of Music (Lunds Universitet). From September 2024 to June 2026 she will complete her concert exam in classical composition with Prof. Bent Sørensen at the Malmö Academy of Music. Her compositions are inspired by composers such as Karin Rehnqvist and John Williams.
Villem Roosalu studied jazz bass guitar at Otsakool and TÜVKA. He has been playing the bass for 18 years and has been a performing musician for about 15 years. During his studies he learned about sound engineering and started doing a lot of studio work, which led to working on theatre shows. Soon he was asked to compose for a show himself. For the last 8 years he has been composing for theatre shows, but has also worked on sound design and music for games and short films. |