Background
ERNESAKS, Gustav was born in 1908 in village Perila, now Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Gustav Gustavovich Ernesaks
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Gustav ERNESAKS, USSR Composer. Conductor; Professor, and Director, Chair for Choral Conducting, Tallinn State Conservatory, since 1946; Popular Artist of USSR since 1956 and of Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic since 1954; Honoured Art Worker of Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic since 1954; board member, USSR Union of Composers, since 1957; board member, Estonia Union of Composers, since 1941.
Education
Studied at the Tallinn Conservatory while still at high school. Studied at the Tallinn Conservatory while still at high school. Graduated in 1931. Pupil of A. Kapp, 1931-1934.
Career
Further studies at the same Conservatory. Taught singing in schools and conducted choirs from 1931. His first compositions date from that time.
Taught at the Pedagogical Department of the Tallinn Conservatory, 1937-1941. During World War II, directed the Iaroslavl’ Ensemble and
founded the Estonian Professional Choir Collective. After the war, Director of the Faculty of Choral Conducting at the Tallinn Conservatory.
In 1944, founder, chief conductor and artistic director of the male voice choir of the Tallinn Philharmony (now the State Male Voice Choir of the Estonian SSR). Wrote mainly operatic and choral music.
Membership
Union of Soviet Composers.
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Born
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Died
January 24, 1993 (aged 84) -
Nationality
Estonia Soviet Union
Awards
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State Stalin Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; People's Artist of the USSR; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of the Badge of Honour; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Estonian Red Cross; People's Artist of the USSR; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Lenin Prize; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Badge of Honour The Lenin Prize was one of the most prestigious awards of the Soviet Union, presented to individuals for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology.State Stalin Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; People's Artist of the USSR; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of the Badge of Honour; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Estonian Red Cross; People's Artist of the USSR; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Lenin Prize; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Badge of Honour The Lenin Prize was one of the most prestigious awards of the Soviet Union, presented to individuals for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology.