Estonian
Estonian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
* Estonian cuisine
* Estonian culture
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musician, a violin player, a player of the ''
torupill
The torupill () is a traditional bagpipes, bagpipe from Estonia.
Place in Estonian folk music
It is not clear when the bagpipe became established in Estonia.
The instrument was known throughout Estonia. The bagpipe tradition was longest preser ...
'' (Estonian bagpipe) and a singer in the State Academic Male Choir of Estonia. He became interested in the Estonian bagpipe in his 50s. At the death of
Aleksander Maaker
Aleksander Maaker ( in Muda, Hiiumaa – 28 January 1968), nicknamed ''Torupilli-Sass'' was a folk musician, a player of the traditional ''torupill'', the Estonian bagpipe. Maaker was from the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. At the time of his deat ...
in 1968, Roomer became the only living player of the torupill at that time.
In the wake of the traditional Estonian Song and Dance Festival in 1970 Olev Roomet revived the ancient art of bagpipe playing in Estonia by training 25 new bagpipers ranging between age of 14 to 70. Voldemar Süda, a master of musical instruments made the new bagpipes following authentic ethnographic examples.