Arvo volmer biography of william

b. November 4, , Tallinn

Arvo Volmer is one of the most acclaimed, widespread international recognition gained conductors in Estonia. He has been considered one of the foremost Sibelius and Mahler interpreters in the world and is highly regarded for his interpretations of Russian and German composers and contemporary music.

Arvo Volmer studied choral and orchestral conducting from to at the Tallinn State Conservatoire with Olev Oja and Roman Matsov.

He continued his studies at the Leningrad Conservatoire with Ravil Martynov and graduated in In addition, he has participated in Helmuth Rilling’s master courses in the US. In he won the special prize and the 4th place at the International Nikolay Malko Conductors Competition.

Arvo Volmer began his conducting career in at the Estonian National Opera and from , he was engaged by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ENSO).

Later he became the chief conductor and artistic director of the ENSO (–) and the c