Paul Mägi

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Paul Mägi (born October 13, 1953 in Tallinn , Soviet Union ) is an Estonian conductor .

Life and music

Paul Mägi passed his Abitur at the 42nd middle school in Tallinn, today's Tallinn German Gymnasium ( Tallinna Saksa Gümnaasium ), in the Mustamäe district . In 1978 he co-founded the Eesti Raadio chamber orchestra and then worked as a conductor for the Estonian radio.

In 1980 Mägi completed his studies in trumpet at the Tallinn State Conservatory and in 1984 in orchestral conducting with Gennady Roschdestvensky at the Moscow State Conservatory .

From 1984 to 1991 Paul Mägi was the conductor of today's Estonia National Opera , before he was musical director and chief conductor of the Latvian State Symphony Orchestra ( Latvijas Nacionālais simfoniskais orķestris ) in Riga from 1990 to 1994 .

In 1995 Mägi returned to his homeland. Until 2002 he was artistic director and chief conductor of the Estonia National Opera. Since 2004 Mägi has been artistic director and chief conductor of the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra ( Uppsala Kammarorkester ). He also appears as a jazz violinist.

Awards

In 1985 Paul Mägi received the Estonian Prize for Young Musicians. In 1994 he received the Grand Prix of the Republic of Latvia. In 1994, 1996 and 1999 Mägi was awarded the annual Estonian Music Theater Prize, and in 2000 the Culture Prize of the Republic of Estonia.

Private life

Paul Mägi was married to the educator Gaida Mägi (née Graps, 1954–2008). The couple have a daughter and a son.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.erpmusic.com/p_CyranoDeBergerac.htm
  2. ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 310
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / arhiiv2.postimees.ee
personal data
SURNAME Mägi, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian conductor
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn , Soviet Union