Andres Kaljuste

(conductor)

Andres Kaljuste is a versatile musician known as a conductor as well as a violin and viola player. He is also a Creative Director of the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet. 

Kaljuste studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy, while being simultaneously the principal violist of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. He also gained valuable experience as a player in top orchestras such as Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Opera Orchestra, Lahti Sinfonia, Oulu Sinfonia, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Central Ostrobothnian Symphony Orchestra among others.

He began studying music in the violin class of Aino Riikjärv. After finishing Tallinn Music School, he continued his studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, The Royal College of Music and in Hanns Eisler Music High School in Berlin. His teachers included Urmas Vulp, Nina Balabina, Oleg Balabine and Prof. Ulf Wallin.
 

Photo: Kaupo Kikkas