Ester Mägi
Estonian composer (1922–2021)
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Education
She trained under Mart Saar at the Tallinn Conservatoire,[6][7] then from 1951 to 1954 at the Moscow Conservatory under Vissarion Shebalin.[8][7]
Career
Her compositional output ranged from chamber and vocal music to choral and symphonic works. Amongst her best-known works are her Piano Sonata (1949); Piano Trio in F minor (1950); Piano Concerto (1953); Violin Concerto (1958); Symphony (1968); Variations for Piano, Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (1972); Bukoolika for orchestra (1983); and Vesper for violin and piano or organ (1990, arranged for strings in 1998).[9][10] Much of her work was inspired by Estonian folk music.[3][7]
She taught music theory at the Tallinn Conservatoire until her retirement in 1984.[7]
In 1999 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Estonian Academy of Music.[7]
Death
Mägi died in May 2021 at the age of 99.[11]