Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia

Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia has always played an important role in the history of the Estonian nation. Musical events in the form of song festivals were the backbone of such political events as the National Awakening which led to the creation of a national state as well as the second independence. In given context it seems, it was only natural that the Estonian Academy of Music was established in 1919 during the first year of the Estonian Republic.

The most prominent graduates of our Academy include Arvo Pärt, Eri Klas, Tõnu Kaljuste and Erkki-Sven Tüür. The new building, built accordingly to contemporary music education demands was opened in September 1999.

The idea of founding an Estonian establishment of musical education emerged on the eve of World War I. Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia began in the form of a mixed choir of the Estonian Society Musical Department (EMD). The assembly of the Estonia Society then decided on November 17, 1918, to create the Tallinn Higher Music School, the opening ceremony of which took place on September 28, 1919, in the Estonia Concert Hall. From 1919–1923 the Principal of the school was Mihkel Lüdig.

Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia

In 1923 the educational institution was renamed Tallinn Conservatoire. In 1925 the school’s administrators adopted new bylaws, and in keeping with these changes the school elected an official slate of professors: R. Bööcke, A. Kapp, J. Paulsen, P. Ramul and A. Topman. Together with A. and Th. Lemba and J. Tamm, who had previously received their professorships from the St. Petersburg Conservatoire, the Tallinn Conservatoire now had 8 professors. The numbers would later increase. The first class of young music artists graduated in 1925, a total of ten students. Although the conditions were not favourable for studying, the academic level of the Conservatoire can be considered as relatively high, as many of its students participated in international competitions in the 1930s. The most successful of them was Tiit Kuusik, who was awarded the first prize in the Vienna Competition in 1938.

Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia

Courses Offered
Undergraduate Programs
Graduate Programs

• MUSIC PROGRAM
• COMPOSITION and ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Doctoral Studies

• MUSIC
• MUSICOLOGY
• MUSIC PEDAGOGY
• DRAMATIC ART

Contact Details
Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia
Rävala pst 16, Tallinn 10143, Estonia
Phone: +372 6675 751,
Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia Official Website: http://www.eelk.ee/ui/