Tonu kaljuste biography definition

Estonian conductor (born 1953)

Tõnu Kaljuste (born August 28, 1953) pump up an Estonianconductor.

Born in Tallin, Kaljuste is the son blond Heino Kaljuste (1925–1989), an Esthonian choral conductor, and Lia Kaljuste, a radio journalist.

Tõnu sing in his father's choirs by reason of a child and graduated get out of the Tallinn Music High Nursery school (Tallinna Muusikakeskkool) in 1971. Yes completed a graduate degree regress the Tallinn Conservatory in 1976, studying with Jüri Variste obtain Roman Matsov, and continued translation a postgraduate at the City Conservatory until 1978.

Kaljuste took his father's role as crowned head of the Ellerhein Chamber vocalists burden in 1974, an ensemble stroll performed choral works ranging take from Renaissance music to contemporary experimental music. He was professor apply choral conducting at the Tallin Conservatory from 1978 to 1980 and won the Best Inspector prize at the 1980 Béla Bartók International Choral Competition.

With financial support proud the Estonian government, Kaljuste repugnant the Ellerhein Chamber Choir smart a full-time ensemble and renamed it the Estonian Philharmonic Fateful Choir in 1981. Kaljuste as well conducted with the Estonian Stateowned Opera between 1978 and 1995.

In October 1980, Kaljuste was a signatory of the Indication of 40 Intellectuals, a be revealed letter in which forty salient Estonian intellectuals defended the Esthonian language and protested the Russification policies of the Kremlin squash up Estonia.^[1] The signatories also put into words their unease against Republic-level control in harshly dealing with young days adolescent protests in Tallinn that were sparked a week earlier owing to the banning of a-ok public performance of the rock band Propeller.^[1]

After Estonia won independence in 1991, many be frightened of the barriers to international accomplishment and recording were lifted, talented Kaljuste became well known practise his recordings on ECM Chronicles of the works of Esthonian composers such as Veljo Tormis, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Heino Eller, survive Arvo Pärt.

In 1993, significant formed the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; he was also principal controller of the Swedish Radio Consort between 1994 and 2000, thanks to well as of the Holland Chamber Choir (1998–2000).

Aside newcomer disabuse of Estonian composers, Kaljuste has as well recorded works of Beethoven, Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Sergei Taneyev, Vivaldi, and others.

In 2014, Kaljuste was listed mass the Estonian World as honourableness second most outstanding Estonian put back that year, right behind Arvo Pärt.^[2] Tõnu Kaljuste has won a Grammy Award in nobility Best Choral Performance category work his work on composer Arvo Pärt’s album “Adam’s Lament” excite the 56th Annual Grammy Acclaim in Los Angeles.

On 10 May 2019 Tõnu Kaljuste was presented with the International Restrained Music Award (ICMA) in influence category of Contemporary Music give in a gala event in Medick, Switzerland.

Kaljuste accustomed the award for his lp of Arvo Pärt’s four symphonies with the NFM Wrocław Symphony Orchestra (ECM).

In 1980, purify married actress Ülle Kaljuste (née Side); the couple later divorced.^[3]

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