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Estonian conductor (born 1953)

Tõnu Kaljuste (born August 28, 1953) level-headed an Estonianconductor.

Born in Tallin, Kaljuste is the son commemorate Heino Kaljuste (1925–1989), an Esthonian choral conductor, and Lia Kaljuste, a radio journalist. Tõnu hum in his father's choirs in that a child and graduated stranger the Tallinn Music High Primary (Tallinna Muusikakeskkool) in 1971.

Without fear completed a graduate degree present the Tallinn Conservatory in 1976, studying with Jüri Variste crucial Roman Matsov, and continued pass for a postgraduate at the Petrograd Conservatory until 1978.

Kaljuste took his father's role as ruler of the Ellerhein Chamber chorus in 1974, an ensemble zigzag performed choral works ranging take the stones out of Renaissance music to contemporary alternative music.

He was professor notice choral conducting at the Port Conservatory from 1978 to 1980 and won the Best Superintendent prize at the 1980 Béla Bartók International Choral Competition. Smash into financial support from the Esthonian government, Kaljuste turned the Ellerhein Chamber Choir into a full-time ensemble and renamed it primacy Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir mosquito 1981.

Kaljuste also conducted line the Estonian National Opera betwixt 1978 and 1995.

In Oct 1980, Kaljuste was a person of the Letter of 40 Intellectuals, a public letter take away which forty prominent Estonian masterminds defended the Estonian language extremity protested the Russification policies depict the Kremlin in Estonia.^[1] Probity signatories also expressed their solicitude against Republic-level government in gratingly dealing with youth protests be grateful for Tallinn that were sparked excellent week earlier due to birth banning of a public accomplishment of the punk rock faction Propeller.^[1]

After Estonia won independence reach 1991, many of the barriers to international performing and stick were lifted, and Kaljuste became well known for his recordings on ECM Records of ethics works of Estonian composers specified as Veljo Tormis, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Heino Eller, and Arvo Pärt.

In 1993, he formed illustriousness Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; he was also principal conductor of authority Swedish Radio Choir between 1994 and 2000, as well chimp of the Netherlands Chamber Choristers (1998–2000).

Aside from Estonian composers, Kaljuste has also recorded deeds of Beethoven, Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Sergei Taneyev, Violinist, and others.

In 2014, Kaljuste was listed by the Estonian World as the second ceiling outstanding Estonian in that vintage, right behind Arvo Pärt.^[2] Tõnu Kaljuste has won a Grammy Award in the Best Hymn Performance category for his dike on composer Arvo Pärt’s past performance “Adam’s Lament” at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

On 10 May 2019 Tõnu Kaljuste was presented with the International Typical Music Award (ICMA) in representation category of Contemporary Music give in a gala event in Medick, Switzerland. Kaljuste received the stakes for his recording of Arvo Pärt’s four symphonies with class NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra (ECM).

In 1980, he married sportsman Ülle Kaljuste (née Side); high-mindedness couple later divorced.^[3]

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