Ester Mägi
Ester Mägi (10 January 1922 – 14 May 2021) was an Estonian composer. She has been called the "first lady of Estonian music."
Ester Mägi
- Born
- 1922 · Tallinn.
- Died
- 2021
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Estonia
- Occupation
- composer · music educator · university teacher
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre · Moscow Conservatory
- Teachers
- Mart Saar · Erika Franz
- Honours
- Order of the National Coat of Arms and 5th Class
- Languages
- Estonian · Russian
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Ester Mägi vécut du 10 janvier 1922 au 14 mai 2021 et fut compositrice.
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Ester Mägi naquit le 10 janvier 1922 à Tallinn et mourut le 14 mai 2021.
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Education
Education
Ester Mägi studied at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and Moscow Conservatory. Training under Mart Saar and Erika Franz is recorded. The recorded working language is Estonian and Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Distinctions recorded are Order of the National Coat of Arms, 5th Class.
She trained under Mart Saar at the Tallinn Conservatoire, then from 1951 to 1954 at the Moscow Conservatory under Vissarion Shebalin.
Career
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). Much of her work was inspired by Estonian folk music. She taught music theory at the Tallinn Conservatoire until her retirement in 1984. In 1999 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Estonian Academy of Music.
Death
Death
Mägi died in May 2021 at the age of 99.
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1922
Ester Mägi born at Tallinn.
2021
Ester Mägi died.
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- 1.Pärt, Arvo. Grand old lady of Estonian music Ester Mägi dies. Arvo Pärt Centre. 14 March 2021.
- 2.Campbell, R.M. Chamber Players chip away at more barriers with Baltic Voices. Seattlepi.com. 2004-02-12.
- 3.Tambur, Silver. Ester Mägi, the first lady of Estonian music, dies at 99. Estonian World. 2021-05-17.
- 4.Ester Mägi 85: Jubilee concert in Estonia Concert Hall. Estonian Music Information Centre. 2007-01-08.
- 5.Amt, Auswärtiges. Modernity defies persecution: Stefan Wolpe & Ester Mägi on a journey between folksong and utmost avantgarde. German Missions in the United States. 2022-04-29.
- 6.Inno, Kersti. Kummardus Eesti muusika grand lady'le. Äripäev. 12 January 2007.
- 7.Lippus, Urve. Ester MÄGI. Toccata Classics.
- 8.Azizi, Arashk. Ester Mägi: The First Lady of Estonian Music. Tunitemusic. 2025-02-22.
- 9.Ester Mägi Composer. Divine Art Recordings.
- 10.Ester Mägi: Orchestral Music. Toccata Classics.
- 11.Suri helilooja Ester Mägi. ERR. 2021-05-14.
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Formation and teaching. Mägi studied at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and Moscow Conservatory. She trained under Mart Saar and Erika Franz. Recorded as having received Order of the National Coat of Arms, 5th Class.
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