Mart Sander
| Martin Laurent Sander | |
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Mart Sander
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| Born |
10 August 1967 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Occupation | Singer, actor, director, author |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Website | www.martsander.com |
Martin Laurent Sander (born 10 August 1967 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian singer, actor, director, author, and television host.
Sander began his musical education at the age of seven, studying violin at the Tallinn Music School, followed by terms at the State Choreography School, and the Estonian Music Academy where he majored in piano and conducting. His career as a musician took off when he was seventeen, even though he had been cast in children's TV programs since the age of seven. At the age of nineteen, he and his swing orchestra Modern Fox won a major talent competition in Moscow, launching his career first in the Soviet Union and later in Scandinavia.
Sander was a member of the Estonian National Opera from 1986–92. Since the early 1990s, when Estonia regained its independence, Sander has performed in European venues in English-language comic operas (especially those of Gilbert and Sullivan) and Edwardian musical comedy, including principal roles in amateur productions at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival. He also sang the role of the Spanish Officer in a concert production of The Contrabandista in 2002 at Cheltenham, England, at the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society Festival, with professional soloists and the Cotswold Savoyards (the first modern professional performance of this comic opera) and with orchestras such as Estonian Dream Big Band and Wanemuine Symphony Orchestra, with whom he has performed at and hosted Andrew Lloyd Webber galas.
Sander has appeared in several films, including Kallis härra Q (Dear Mister Moon) (Estonia, 1998) as Saara's and Sigrid's father, Senkiföldje (Parallel Lives) (Hungary/France, 1993) as a sympathetic Nazi, and Iskelmäprinssi (Finland, 1991) as Martti, his first leading role. He has also directed three films, including 1992's Varas (The Thief) and the controversial Berlin 1945: Musik Unter Bomben (2007), which was also shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 (Short Film Corner).
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