Jüri Alperten (16 September 1957

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– 26 August 2020 Tallinn) was an

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n conductor, pianist and music teacher. His father was violinist Moissei Alperten and his mother was mother pianist and music teacher Renate Goznaja. He was married to Estonian mezzo-soprano Karin Andrekson. He was of

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heritage. In 1979, 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 ...

in piano and also in conducting speciality. Since 1985, he was the conductor of the

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(from 2002 to 2004 he was its principal conductor). From 1998 to 2019, he was the chief conductor of Pärnu City Orchestra. From 1993 to 2020, he taught orchestral conducting at

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre 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 ...

Awards

* 1997 and 2002 Annual Prize of the Estonian Cultural Endowment for Music * 2001 Annual Prize of the Estonian Theatre Union in the music theatre production category

References

1957 births 2020 deaths Estonian conductors (music) Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Musicians from Tallinn Burials at Metsakalmistu 20th-century Estonian Jews 20th-century Estonian educators 21st-century Estonian Jews 21st-century Estonian musicians {{Estonia-bio-stub