| On Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_National_Symphony_Orchestra |
| Creation | 1926, December 18th |
| Participants |
Olav Roots
- Conductor
from 1939
to 1944
Paul Karp - Conductor from 1944 to 1950 Roman Matsov - Conductor from 1950 to 1963 Neeme Järvi - Conductor from 1963 to 1979 Peeter Lilje - Conductor from 1980 to 1990 Leo Krämer - Conductor from 1991 to 1993 Arvo Volmer - Conductor from 1993 to 2001 Nikolai Alekseev - Conductor from 2001 to 2010 Neeme Järvi - Conductor from 2010 to 2020 Olari Elts - Conductor from 2020 |
| City | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Country | Estonia |
The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (Estonian: Eesti Riiklik Sümfooniaorkester) is the leading orchestra in Estonia and is based in the capital Tallinn. Founded as the Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, it gave its first concert in a broadcast by Tallinn Radio on December 18, 1926. During the Soviet regime, in the 1950s, the orchestra became the first in the Soviet Union to perform the work of modernist composers such as Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Carl Orff, previously suppressed by Stalin's regime. Following the collapse of Soviet rule, the lifting of emigration restrictions, and the rebirth of independent Estonia in 1991, almost half of the Orchestra's players migrated to the West in search of better career opportunities. This exodus of talent plunged the Orchestra's fortunes into a depression. After the nadir of 1993, the Orchestra enjoyed a strong recovery under the leadership of conductor Arvo Volmer. Estonian National Opera concert hall has been the home of Estonian National Symphony Orchestra for two decades. Wikipedia