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Mart Sander (born August 10, 1967 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian singer, actor, author, film director, and television host.

Mart Sander began his musical education at the age of 7 while 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 musical conducting. Sander also holds degrees in medieval history, English and German.

Sander released his first recording "Kohv & suudlused" ("Coffee & Kisses") in 1986 and the following year released his first full-length album Modern Fox, which was also the name of his orchestra. Sander was also a member of the Estonian National Opera. During the early 1990s, after Estonia regained its independence, Sander began embarking on musical tours throughout Europe, most notably in Scandinavia and Germany and began appearing in Estonian television productions. Sander has performed in a number of European venues in English-language comic operas and musical theater. He has acted in six films, his first starring role being the 1989 Finnish film King of the Hit Parade and has directed two others, including 1992's Varas ("The Thief"). In 1993 he appeared on American television for the first time in the made-for-cable movie Candles in the Dark, opposite the notable Swiss actor Maximilian Schell and the American television actress Alyssa Milano. He currently hosts a popular weekly musical variety show on Estonian television. Sander, who speaks six languages, has also appeared on television in Russia, Germany, Finland, and Sweden.

In 2004 Sander released his first recording in Great Britain entitled The Monckton Album on Divine Art Records and was prominently featured in the BBC documentary Estonia Dreams of Eurovison! (directed by American filmmaker Marina Zenovich) about the preparations for the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest in which Estonia was the host nation. Sander is currently the conductor for the Tallinn-based Bel-Etage Revue Theatre. He has also written a book entitled Mercato, published in 1994.

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