Jaan Arder (born 26 February 1952, in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

– 24 July 2014) was an

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n singer. He was a member of the

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Apelsin Apelsin (Estonian for ''Orange'') was an Estonian band created in 1974 by Tõnu Aare. Their lyrics are in the Estonian and Russian languages. During the Soviet era their LP albums were issued by the Soviet music monopoly ''Melodiya''. The Russian ...

and the

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ensemble

Hortus Musicus Hortus Musicus is an Estonian ensemble that was established in 1972 by Andres Mustonen, a violin student of the Tallinn State Conservatory. Hortus Musicus specialises in performing early music, including 8th–15th-century European forms such ...

. His older brother

Ott Arder Ott Arder (26 February 1950 in Tallinn – 26 June 2004 in Kassari) was an Estonian poet, children's writer and translator. He was also the author of several popular songs and written texts. From 1990, he was a member of the Estonian Writers' U ...

was a poet, children's writer and translator. He is interred at the Alexander Nevsky Cemetery, Tallinn.

References

1952 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Estonian male singers Singers from Tallinn {{estonia-singer-stub