Maria Peterson: Juhan Viiding inspired me to become a songwriter at 17

Actress, director and musician Maria Peterson spoke on Vikerradio about how Juhan Viiding's proposal to set her poems to melancholic melodies prompted her, at 17, to start writing songs together with Eva Eensaar. According to Peterson, melodies come to her poems naturally.

Versatile artist Maria Peterson shared on Vikerradio how she found her way to songwriting at a young age. It all began with a request from Juhan Viiding, the legendary Estonian poet who asked Peterson to set his poems to melancholic melodies.

Peterson was only 17 at the time and began writing songs together with Eva Eensaar. This collaboration and Viiding's trust in young creative minds became a decisive step in Peterson's artistic career.

According to Peterson, her creative process is intuitive: a melody comes to the poem naturally, without much effort. This organic approach has characterized her musical journey to this day.