Tiia-Ester Loitme (born 19 December 1933 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. From 1944 to 1949 she studied piano at a local music school (part of the

Tallinn State Conservatory 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 1949 she and her family were deported to

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. In 1956 she returned to Estonia. In 1965 she graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory in choir conducting. From 1965 to 1975 and again from 1987 to 2006 she worked as a music teacher and choir conductor at

Tallinn English College Tallinn English College ( et, Tallinna Inglise Kolledž) is a co-educational general education school in Tallinn, Estonia with in depth education in the English language. It has elementary, middle and senior levels with students aged from 7 to 1 ...

. Since 1970 she has been the conductor of the Ellerhein girls' choir.

Awards

*1987:

Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR ( et, Eesti NSV teeneline õpetaja) was an honorary title in the Estonian SSR, which the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Estonian SSR awarded to teachers from 1945 to 1989. Recipients *1945: Johannes ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loitme, Tiia-Ester Living people 1933 births Estonian conductors (music) Estonian women conductors (music) Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Gulag detainees Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class Musicians from Tallinn