Madli Marje Gildemann’s music is inspired and influenced by her interest in biological processes and natural phenomena. It arises from an attempt to make these processes perceptible through sound, thereby creating unique soundscapes. Her recent commissions include works for ensembles and orchestras such as Klangforum Wien, the Mondrian Ensemble, the Adelphi Quartet, the Estonian Percussion Group, the Pärnu City Orchestra, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO), the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, and Ensemble U:, among others.
Gildemann has received several prestigious awards: second place in the under-30 category at the International Rostrum of Composers in Palermo, Sicily, for her work Transpiration (2022); the ISCM Young Composer Award in South Africa for Osmosis (2023); and the LHV Au-tasu (Estonian Composition Award) for Nocturnal Migrants (2024). Her music has been performed at the Afekt Festival, the Estonian Music Days, the ISCM World Music Days, the Lucerne and Bern music festivals in Switzerland, the ORF Musikprotokoll festival in Austria, the Al(t)chemie festival in Switzerland (2019 and 2021), and the Classical NEXT Showcase in Tallinn. In January 2026, the Austrian label Kairos released her first portrait album, Dream Sequence of an Ancient Forest.