Ott Maaten

General Manager of the Estonian National Opera

EDUCATION AND WORK
Ott Maaten graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory (current Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in 1989. In 1986–1989, he worked in the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. He continued his studies in the Gnessins Russian Academy of Music in 1989–1990 and in the Paris Conservatory in 1990–1992. In 1990–1993, he lived and worked as a professional musician in France. In 1994, he launched a successful timber company operating between France and the UK, being its Chief Executive until 2003. Since 2003, he was the Financial and Administrative Director of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. He has lead the renovation of the Drama School of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre as well as the building of the new Concert House of the Academy, finished in 2019.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In 2023, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Maaten with the National Order of Merit for his long, outstanding and dedicated work in developing cultural relationship between Estonia and France in the field of music.

PERSONAL INFO
Ott Maaten was born on July 5, 1967 in Viljandi. He has actively participated in sport aviation: he won the Estonian Championships of Paramotor sport in 2014 and achieved the 14th position at the 2012 World Championships in Paramotor sports. Ott Maaten is also an active hobby ornithologist. He is fluent in French, Russian, English, Finnish and German. He is married and has two children.