Eesti Kontsert and Tallinn Music Week are proud to collaborate in order to present to the visiting producers the winning concept of the EK:Labor Young Producers Competition 2016, Tallinn. “Kommentaarium” (The Commentary) is a concert experience with preparation cycle, so the audiences are involved before even entering the concert venue. The concert is shaped by both performers and the listeners.
Young Estonian composer Marianna Liik presents works for harp, cello, percussion ensemble and electronical instruments. So how does it work? The recordings of the aforementioned musical pieces are made available online prior to the concert. The listeners are encouraged to comment the music, describing their thoughts, emotions and critics. The collected commentaries are used as a libretto for a brand new choir piece which will be premiered as the finale of the concert. The commentary texts will also be used as a design bases for light and video artists and a vocal improviser. So here we are - surrounded by the original music and the thoughts and critics of its listeners. The audiences are therefore influenced by their own previous thoughts and with the help of musicians the unity is born- The Commentary.

In 2017 Marianna Liik graduated Master’s studies in composition at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with Helena Tulve and Margo Kõlar. She obtained there Bachelor’s degree in 2014 under the tutelage of Malle Maltis and Margo Kõlar. Liik has taken part in several masterclasses with Wim Henderickx, Fausto Sebastiani, Daniele Bravi, Bryan Christian, Niels Rosing-Schow and Ivan Fedele.
Marianna Liik has written music for orchestra, ensembles and choir as well as electroacoustic works. Her special interest is the sound world that is created by combining the acoustic and electronic means of expression. Liik's music has been performed by Olari Elts, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Uusinta Ensemble (Finland), Laura Remmel (vocal), Theodor Sink (cello), Eda Peäske (harp), Aare Tammesalu (cello), Arvo Leibur (violin) and others. Her works has been in the program of many festivals in Estonia, as well as in USA, Poland, Germany, Russia, Australia.
Marianna Liik’s composition Mets (Forest) was awarded the second prize at the International Rostrum of Composers in Prague in 2013 in the category of composers under 30 years. In November 2014, Marianna Liik won the Westdeutscher Rundfunk film music award at the competition SoundTrack_Cologne 11. The project "Commentarium" by Marianna Liik and Leika Leemets was the winning work of EK:Labor 2016 (Estonian Concert's programme for young producers). In 2017, Liik was awarded Lucerne Festival Academy prize Roche Young Commissions.