Kadri Tali (born on 18 June 1972 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 ' ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n conductor. In 1996 she graduated from

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

in choir conducting speciality. 1992-2002 she conducted the choir Ellerhein. In 1997 she founded

Nordic Symphony Orchestra The Nordic Symphony Orchestra (NSO) (previously Estonian-Finnish Symphony Orchestra) is an international symphony orchestra founded by Anu and Kadri Tali in 1997. Biography The NSO was founded in 1997 by Anu and Kadri Tali as the Estonian-Fi ...

. Since 2011 she is the head of

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Estonian National Symphony Orchestra ( et, Eesti Riiklik Sümfooniaorkester ''(ERSO)'') is the leading orchestra in Estonia and is based in the capital Tallinn. The orchestra traces it roots to 18 December 1926, the first concert broadcast by Tal ...

. Her mother is mathematician Anne Tali. She has twin sister,

Anu Tali Anu Tali (born June 18, 1972) is an Estonian conductor. Life and career Tali was born in Tallinn. Her mother Anne Tali is a prominent mathematician. Her twin sister Kadri Tali is also a conductor and the director of the Estonian National Symph ...

who is also a conductor.

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1972 births Living people Estonia 200 politicians Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Estonian choral conductors Estonian conductors (music) Estonian twins Members of the Riigikogu, 2023–2027 Musicians from Tallinn Tallinn Music High School alumni Estonian women conductors (music) {{Estonia-conductor-stub