Ester Mägi
Ester Mägi (10 January 1922 – 14 May 2021)[1] was an Estonian composer.
Biography
[edit]Her compositional output is substantial and represents all genres, from chamber and vocal music to choral and highly regarded symphonic works. She trained initially under Mart Saar at the Tallinn Conservatory,[2] then from 1951 to 1954 at the Moscow Conservatory under Vissarion Shebalin. Amongst her best-known works are her Piano Sonata (1949), Piano Trio in F minor (1950), Piano Concerto (1953), Violin Concerto (1958), Symphony (1968), Variations for Piano, Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (1972), Bukoolika for orchestra (1983) and Vesper for violin and piano/organ (1990, arranged for strings in 1998). Much of her work has been inspired by Estonian folk music. Mägi died in May 2021 at the age of 99.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Pärt, Arvo; Pärt, Nora (14 March 2021). "Grand old lady of Estonian music Ester Mägi dies". Arvo Pärt Centre. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Inno, Kersti (12 January 2007). "Kummardus Eesti muusika grand lady'le" (in Estonian). Äripäev.
- ^ Suri helilooja Ester Mägi
External links
[edit]- Bio of Ester Mägi by Urve Lippus on the Toccata Classics website
- CD release of Mägi's orchestral music
- Ester Mägi at the Estonian Music Information Centre
- Ester Mägi (1922) (Music Export Estonia) Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Chamber Players chip away at more barriers with Baltic Voices (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- Ester Mägi discography at Discogs
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- Estonian classical composers
- Estonian women classical composers
- 1922 births
- 2021 deaths
- 21st-century classical composers
- Soviet classical composers
- Soviet women classical composers
- Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 5th Class
- Musicians from Tallinn
- Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni
- Moscow Conservatory alumni
- 20th-century Estonian musicians
- 20th-century Estonian composers
- 20th-century women composers
- 21st-century women composers