Ülo Raudmäe (until 1936 Saksberg; 24 January 1923

Rapla Rapla (German: ''Rappel'') is a town in central Estonia, the capital of Rapla County and the centre of Rapla Parish. The oldest records date back to 1241 in the Danish Census Book, when it was said that it was a small village with 8 acres of c ...

– 14 October 1990

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

n conductor, composer and trombonist. In 1946, he graduated from

Tallinn State Conservatory The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

, specializing in trombone. 1950–1979, he played the trombone in

Estonia Theatre Estonia Theatre is an historic building in Tallinn, Estonia, which houses the Estonian National Opera and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. The original Jugendstil building was designed by Finnish architects Armas Lindgren and Wivi L� ...

. Since 1972, he was a member of

Estonian Composers' Union Estonian Composers' Union (abbeviation ECU; et, Eesti Heliloojate Liit) is an Estonian creative union which encompasses professional composers and musicologists in Estonia. The chairman of ECU is Märt-Matis Lill Märt-Matis Lill (born 6 Novemb ...

Works

* song "Heinaveol" * song "Vaid sulle" * song "Maantee" (1956) * musical "Kiri nõudmiseni"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raudmae, Ulo 1923 births 1990 deaths Estonian conductors (music) 20th-century Estonian musicians 20th-century Estonian composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni People from Rapla