Talvi Hunt is an Estonian pianist who mainly performs contemporary music. She works as soloist, chamber musician and orchestra player, and has performed with many orchestras and ensembles, including Collegium Novum Zürich, Ensemble Ascolta, Ensemble Ö, Ensemble YXUS, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra. She has also performed in many international festivals, including Lucerne Festival, Festival ECLAT, reMusik, Warsaw Autumn, ISCM World New Music Days, Baltic Music Days etc. Since 2015 she has been working with the Ensemble of Nomads (Switzerland). Hunt is currently a member of the Estonian National Opera Orchestra and Ensemble for New Music Tallinn. Since 2022 she is coordinator of contemporary music at the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet. Talvi Hunt has been invited to participate in workshops and masterclasses in Hochschule Luzern Musik and at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
In 2017 Talvi Hunt obtained a Master’s degree in contemporary music interpretation from Hochschule Luzern Musik with prof. Florian Hoelscher. She also received a Bachelor’s degree in music performance from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (with Age Juurikas as her teacher). Hunt has participated in many masterclasses as well as contemporary music courses such as Donaueschinger Musiktage, Darmstadt, 48th Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik, IMPULS Academy and Lucerne Festival Academy.