Margo Kõlar (born 2 October 1961 in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

) 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 composer. In 2006 he finished his doctoral studies at

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 ...

. 1986-1993 he worked as a sound engineer at

Estonian Radio Eesti Raadio (Estonian Radio, ER) was the public service radio broadcaster of Estonia that, at the time of closure, operated five national radio stations. It was closed in 2007 as a result of a merger with Eesti Televisioon (Estonian Television, ...

. 1987-1993 he was a music director of Estonian State Puppet Theater. 1997-2001 he was a composition teacher at

Heino Eller Tartu Music School The Heino Eller Tartu Music College is a music school in Tartu, Estonia, founded in 1919. It got its current name in 1971, after the Estonian composer and music teacher Heino Eller, who taught in the school from 1920 until 1940. Tartu School ...

. From 1999 he is a lecturer (since 2015 professor) and director of the electronic music studio of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 1996 he founded the vocal ensemble Heinavanker. Since 1987 he is member of the

Estonian Composers' Union Estonian Composers' Union (abbeviation ECU; et, Eesti Heliloojate Liit) is an Estonian creative union which encompasses professional composers and musicologists in Estonia. The chairman of ECU is Märt-Matis Lill. Since 2005, ECU is a member of ...

. Since 1999 he is a member of the Association of Estonian Professional Musicians.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolar, Margo Living people 1961 births 20th-century Estonian composers 21st-century Estonian composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Musicians from Tartu