Vello Pähn (born 30 May 1958) is 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 the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n conductor. Since 2012 he is the principal conductor and artistic director at the

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. In 2016 he received

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's Prize under the category "Interpretation Prize".

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Living people 1958 births Estonian conductors (music) Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni {{Estonia-musician-stub