Risto Joost
Risto Joost (born June 22, 1980 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian conductor and singer ( countertenor ).
Life
Risto Joost has been intensively involved with music since he was six years old. He attended the Special School for Music in Tallinn. From 1986 to 1998 he studied choral conducting with Anneli Mäeots at the Tallinn Music Academy and from 1998 to 2002 conducting with Kuno Areng , Jüri Alperten and Paul Mägi and singing with Uku Joller and Nadja Kurem at the Estonian Music Academy . In 2002 and 2003 he studied choir conducting with Erwin Ortner and conducting with Leopold Hager at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . In the spring of 2008, he graduated from the Royal College of Music Stockholm with Jorma Panula with the Master from. Master classes with Neeme Järvi and Esa-Pekka Salonen followed .
From 2008 to 2011 he directed the Tallinn Sinfonietta and since 2013 he has directed the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra . He has been chief conductor of the Estonian National Choir since 2009, of the Dutch Chamber Choir since 2011 and of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra since 2013. From the 2015/2016 concert season to the 2018/2019 concert season, he was artistic director of the MDR radio choir in Leipzig .
Web links
- Works by and about Risto Joost in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of Risto Joost
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Korfmacher: Risto Joost will be the artistic director of the MDR radio choir at the beginning of the next season. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , November 13, 2014, p. 9.
Heinrich Werlé (1946) | Horst Karl Hessel (1947–1948) | Herbert Kegel (1949–1978) | Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (1978–1980) | Jörg-Peter Weigle (1980–1988) | Gert Frischmuth (1988–1998) | Howard Arman (1998-2013) | Risto Joost (since 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Joost, Risto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian conductor and singer (countertenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |