Jüri-Ruut Kangur (born 17 May 1975 in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

) is an

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

n conductor. In 1998, he 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 choral conducting speciality. He has founded and led several

choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

s and orchestras, including Haapsalu City Orchestra (1996–2004), Estonian National Opera Boys' Choir (2000–2002), Tallinn University Symphony Orchestra (2013–2019). 2009–2017, he was one of the organizers of Pärnu Music Festival and Järvi Academy. Since 2019, he is the president of European Orchestra Federation. As of about 2020, he is the chief conductor of Estonian National Youth Symphony Orchestra.

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Living people 1975 births Estonian conductors (music) Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Musicians from Tallinn {{Estonia-musician-stub