Six beautiful and talented girls from Estonia are representing the tiny Baltic country in 2009. They want to give a breathtaking show and think 'it doesn't matter whether to sing for your grandmother or on the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest'. Their group is called Urban Symphony and, from now on, they will lead us to a new pop style music!

Urban Symphony - combining electronic sounds with acoustic instruments

Urban Symphony girls, who between them have over 40 years of experience in playing musical instruments, admit that as they are young, they grant themselves the right to reconsider things, to start their quest all over again or to alter course completely. They are interested in beauty in its purest meaning. The music of Urban Symphony should have a fairy-tale-like effect on listeners – simple, sincere and dreamy.

Sandra Nurmsalu

Urban Symphony’ singer is Sandra Nurmsalu. She's 21 years old and she has two passions – singing and violin playing. Urban Symphony has given her the chance to combine these two. Ten years of violin studies in classic music have also taken her to the roots of Estonian folk music – for seven years, she played and sang in folk group Pillipiigad giving concerts and performing at festivals all over Estonia and in Europe. For 3 years Sandra has also been part of folk band Virre.

Johanna Mängel

Johanna Mängel is 19 years old and cello studies have been part of her life for twelve years. Outside her classical music studies, Johanna has thanks to her inherent curiosity played cello not only in various local and international orchestras, but also in rock bands – well-known Estonian bands Aides, Slide-Fifty, Vennaskond. Besides playing musical instruments, Johanna is interested in composing, fashion and film, and she also writes critical reviews of various music events for music magazines.

Mari Möldre

The baby of the band is the 18-year-old Mari Möldre, who started practicing cello already at the age of six. Despite her young age, she has always been dedicated to music, for besides cello playing she has been involved in singing and piano playing, taken part in various projects and been a part of several musical collectives. Numerous performances have taken her to different places in the world – even Australia! When she has time left over from school and music activities, Mari takes an interest in architecture and drawing.

Mann Helstein

Mann Helstein is Urban Symphony’s viola player. She started her studies at the age of ten, learning to play violin. By today, the 22-year-old Mann has as a member of various international orchestras travelled all over Europe. In addition, she is currently studying quality and environmental management.

The Eurovision Song Contest project needed to back voices. They are not a part of Urban Symphony group anymore, but Urban Symphony featuring Marilin Kongo and Mirjam Mesak won 6th place in Europe's Favourite TV Show.

Marilin Kongo

Back vocal singer Marilin Kongo is 22. She got introduced to music through dancing, which she has been practicing since the age of five. In addition to dancing and singing, she is very closely engaged in a multitude of musical projects.

Mirjam Mesak

The 18-year-old Mirjam Mesak was also singing back vocals. She has been actively involved in music for ten years and at the moment she is studying classic song besides preparing to finish secondary school. Mirjam first appeared on the Eurovision Song Contest stage at the age of twelve, when she was part of an interval act at the Eurovision Song Contest held in Tallinn in 2002. In Helsinki in 2006, Mirjam sang back vocals to Gerli Padar in the Estonian entry Partners In Crime.