Valter Ojakäär (10 March 1923

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– 27 October 2016

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) was an

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n composer, instrumentalist, music publicist and author. In 1956 he graduated from

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 composition specialty. 1945–1970 he was a concertmaster for

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and Radio Variety Orchestra's saxophone group. 1964–1967 and 1975–1980 he taught popular music history and orchestration at Tallinn State Conservatory. Several his songs have been presented at Estonian Song Celebrations.

Selected works

* 1957: song "Fisherman Is a Peculiar Man“ * 1962: song "Babtizing" * 1967: opera "The King Is Cold"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ojakaar, Valter 1923 births 2016 deaths Estonian film score composers 20th-century Estonian composers 20th-century Estonian musicians Estonian male writers Estonian non-fiction writers 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, 3rd Class People from Pärnu Male non-fiction writers