The Heino Eller Tartu Music College () is a

music school A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

, Estonia, founded in 1919. It received its current name in 1971, after the Estonian composer and music teacher

Heino Eller Heino Eller (7 March 188716 June 1970) was an Estonian composer and pedagogue, known as the founder of contemporary Estonian symphonic music. Life and career Eller was born in Tartu on 7 March 1887, where he took private lessons in violin and ...

, who taught at the school from 1920 until 1940.

Tartu School of Composition

's return to

in 1920, to teach in the Tartu Music School, led to the development in the 1920s–1930s of the Tartu school of composition In the 1920s, the school was named Tartu Higher Music School (). Those identified with the school include: * Composers **

(originator) **

Eduard Tubin Eduard Tubin ( – 17 November 1982) was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choreographer. Life Tubin was born in Torila, Tartu County, Governorate of Livonia, then part of the Russian Empire. Both his parents were music lovers, and his fath ...

Eduard Oja Eduard Oja (17 January 1905 in Palupõhja – 16 April 1950 in Tartu) was an Estonian composer, conductor, music teacher and critic. His father was a forest warden. Between 1919 and 1925 he studied at Tartu Teachers' College at Tartu University ...

Olav Roots Olav Roots (26 February 1910 – 30 January 1974) was an Estonian conductor, pianist and composer. Roots was born in Uderna. He studied at the Music School of Tartu from 1923 to 1928, studying piano with Artur Lemba and composition under Hein ...

Alfred Karindi Alfred Karindi (born Alfred-Nikolai Karafin; 30 May 1901 – 13 April 1969) was an Estonian organist and composer. Life and work Alfred Karindi was born on 30 May 1901 in the village of Kõnnu, Illuka Parish. In 1920 he entered the Tartu H ...

Johannes Bleive Johannes Bleive (17 September 1909 Tartu – 16 May 1991 Tartu) was an Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by ...

* Music theorists **

Karl Leichter Karl Leichter (13 October 1902 in Näpi, Rakvere Parish – 7 March 1987 in Tallinn) was an Estonian musicologist. In 1929 he graduated in theory and composition, studying under Heino Eller with pupils such as Eduard Tubin, Alfred Karindi, Ed ...

*Faculty **

Salme Kann Salme Kann (January 31, 1881 – October 26, 1957) was an Estonian voice teacher and choir director. Early life and education Salme Kann was born in Kanepi in the Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, the daughter of the schoolteacher Hans ...

Harald Laksberg Harald Alfred Johannes Laksberg (6 May 1887 – 15 August 1963) was an Estonian teacher and politician. Laksberg was born at Tüki Manor in Tähtvere Parish (now, part of Tartu urban municipality). He graduated from the Faculty of Science of the ...

Gallery

Heino Elleri Muusikakool 002-tubina-saal.jpg, Tubin Hall Heino Elleri Muusikakool 009-elleri-saal.jpg, Eller Hall Heino Elleri Muusikakool 007-kohvik.jpg, Cafe Heller Heino Elleri Muusikakool 005-rytmimuusika.jpg, Sound recording studio Heino Elleri Muusikakool 006-helistuudio.jpg, Phonics studio Heino Elleri Muusikakool 008-rytmimuusika.jpg, The class of percussion instruments Heino Elleri Muusikakool 010-liikumissaal.jpg, Dance studio

References

External links

Heino Eller Tartu Music College
Schools in Tartu Music schools in Estonia Music of Estonia Educational institutions established in 1919 1919 establishments in Estonia {{Estonia-stub