Vambola Krigul (born 12 April 1981 in

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) is an

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, chamber musician and singer. Krigul studied flute, percussion instruments, clarinet and saxophone at the Nõmme Music School. After graduating from the Tallinn Music High School in 1999 he continued in percussion classes

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, where he graduated from in 2004 with a bachelor's degree and in 2006 in master's degree. In 2000, he reached to the final in

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. The same year, he founded the percussion ensemble PaukenfEST. He is a member of chamber choir Voces Musicales, and he is a bass singer of sacral music ensemble Heinavanker. Krigul has performed with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra since 2000, as well as the Symphony Orchestra of

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since 2002. From 2002 until 2006 he was a teacher at the Nõmme Music School, and has conducted master classes in

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and

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summer courses for young wind instrument and percussion players. Krigul's older brother is composer Ülo Krigul.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Krigul, Vambola Living people 1981 births Estonian musicians Estonian classical musicians Tallinn Music High School alumni Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Musicians from Tallinn