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Maarja-Liis Ilus, sometimes better known by her performing name Maarja (born December 24, 1980 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a pop musician who has achieved chart success in a number of countries across Europe and Asia. Ilus has also represented her native Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, and is often credited as being the first Estonian solo artist to achieve international chart success. Ilus' music career started at the age of four, when she began performing major roles in children's musicals across Estonia. Having gained a lot of performing experience at any early age, Ilus released her self-titled debut...

Maarja-Liis Ilus, sometimes better known by her performing name Maarja (born December 24, 1980 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a pop musician. Maarja has achieved some chart success in a number of countries across Europe and Asia. She has also represented her native Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, and is often credited as being the first Estonian solo artist to achieve international chart success. .

Maarja Nuut is a fiddler and singer from the Viru region of Northern Estonia who is fascinated by the tunes of old village musicians as well as Indian ragas and the giddy, yet ultimately controlled patterns of folk dance. In her music Maarja leans strongly on tradition, and in the old tunes seeks a bridge that can bring them up to the present day and allow them to commune with us in the here and now. Her tunes are imbued with the voices of nature, old songs and the violin’s myriad nuances of sound, all of which take the listener...