Composer, ECU member since 2015Born on 11.02.1991
Markus Robam’s work spans theatre, film, television, and interdisciplinary creative projects. He has composed original music and sound design for theatre productions across Estonia, feature and short films, and television programmes and series for Estonian Public Broadcasting.
His work includes the opening of the Estonian National Museum in 2016 and the Estonian Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. Robam is a film music lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Selected Works and Achievements
Robam’s work has received numerous awards and nominations in theatre, film, and other audiovisual fields. His theatre music and sound design have received five nominations.
His composition Angle to Angle, for eight loudspeakers and piano, was performed at the Fundamento festival in Rome in 2013, as well as at Tallinn Music Week and the Estonian Music Days.
He has participated in the Nuova Consonanza festival in Italy, Pulsar in Denmark, and inSonic in Germany.
In 2017, Robam won first prize in the Tartu Town Hall Carillon Composition Competition with his work Raekoja tants (Town Hall Dance).
In 2026, Markus Robam received the Estonian Theatre Union Award for Original Music for the productions 1984 and Hingelind
As a member of the creative teams at the Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences, he has received peer award in seven consecutive seasons.
He has been nominated for the EFTA Award for Best Film Composer for his score for Pätt või pühak.
His music and sound design for the advertising campaigns Muusikapäev and Süda
Alongside his applied work in composition, Robam pursues an independent musical practice, documented across several albums.
Selected Discography
Astir (2016)
Monogram (2018)
Upside Down (2019)
In Crowds (2020)
Whitewash (2020)
Spring Prints (2022)
Uneversum (2023)
Homestage (2023)
The Ghost in My Frog (2025)
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