Andres Uibo

In 1987 he founded the Tallinn International Organ Festival; he later became artistic director of the Suure-Jaani Music Festival and initiated the Tallinnfest B-A-C-H series at Niguliste in 2001. In 2001 he was awarded the Medal Class of the Order of the White Star.

Andres Uibo studied at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The recorded working language is Estonian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Tallinn and Lübeck. Employment is recorded with Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Distinctions recorded are Order of the White Star, Medal Class.

• Name — Andres Uibo • Born — 16 April 1956 • Birthplace — Kivi-Vigala, Rapla Parish, Estonia • Citizenship — Estonian • Occupation — Organist, composer, music producer, academic • Education — Tallinn State Conservatory • Employer — Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre • Awards — Medal of the Order of the White Star (2001)

Uibo was born in Kivi-Vigala. He began studying music with his father and continued at Pärnu Music School. In 1971–1972 he studied at Tallinn Music High School, graduated as a pianist from Tallinn Music School in 1976, and completed his studies at Tallinn State Conservatory in 1981 as a music teacher, choral conductor and organist, studying organ with Hugo Lepnurm. Between 1988 and 1991 he furthered his studies with Leo Krämer in Germany and Ton Koopman in Finland, and from 1992 to 1994 he studied at the Lübeck Academy of Music with Hans Gebhard on a scholarship from the City of Lübeck.

Since 1981 Uibo has been the concert organist of St. Nicholas Church in Tallinn. In 1994 he joined the faculty of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, where he later became professor of organ; he also worked as a producer for the state concert agency Eesti Kontsert. According to the Estonian Music Information Centre, his students have included Aare-Paul Lattik, Ulla Krigul and Pille Metsson. In 1987 Uibo initiated the annual Tallinn Organ Festival, later known in English as the Tallinn International Organ Festival. He has also served as artistic director of the Suure-Jaani Music Festival, founded in 1998, and the Tallinnfest B-A-C-H series, which grew out of a Niguliste concert series he began in 2001. Profile and review pieces in Sirp have highlighted both his recital activity and his role as an organizer of Estonia's organ-festival life. Uibo has appeared widely as a recitalist in Estonia and abroad. In 2017 ERR reported that he was the first Estonian organist invited to perform in the BachOrgelFestival at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. He has also performed at the Malta International Organ Festival, where the Times of Malta reviewed his recital at St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta in 2015 and covered further performances in 2016.

• Historical Organs in Estonia (with Jüri Kuuskemaa, 1994) • Apocalypsis: Symphony for Organ in Five Movements (score, 2005) • Apocalypsis symphony (CD, 2006) • Paide Church Organ (LP, 2022) • Niguliste Church Organ (LP, 2023)