Merje Kägu is a guitarist and composer residing in Gothenburg. Merje creates music that runs on the border between improvisation and composition. Previously, the albums When Silence Falls and Until I Find You have been released. Merje Kägu has received the Tiit Paulus Young Guitarist Award at the 2016 Viljandi Guitar Festival.

Prizes: 

• 2016 Tiit Pauluse young guitar player’s prize
• 2015 Gurmund-Neubergh’s prize
• 2008 Uno Naissoo Composition Contest, special prize for a piece “Eksperiment”
• 2006 Rainbow Jazz competition for best arrangement