WEvald Aav was an Estonian composer born in Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire. He studied music composition there with Artur Kapp and wrote primarily vocal music to words in the Estonian language. In 1928 he composed the first national Estonian opera, Vikerlased. The opera premiered in Tallinn on 8 September 1928. He modelled his style of composition after Tchaikovsky.
WMaria Dangell is an international singer, pianist, and songwriter.
WGunnar Graps-Grāfs was a popular Estonian musician and one of the pioneers of hard rock in Estonia and Soviet Union. He has sold hundreds of thousands of records all over the world and in 2004 Graps was given a lifetime award at Estonian Music Awards. He has been compared to Mick Jagger and Alice Cooper, both who were his own personal idols, and is often called Raudmees.
WJaan (Joann) Hargel was an Estonian conductor, music teacher, oboe and flute player.
WAapo Ilves is an Estonian poet, writer, playwright, artist and musician. He writes in Estonian, Võro and Seto languages. Ilves has also written song lyrics for other artists, including several “Hits of the Year” and also Estonian Eurovision entries "Tii" in 2004 and Kuula in 2012.
WNeeme Järvi is an Estonian American conductor.
WJaak Joala was an Estonian singer, musician and a member of two bands: Kristallid and Virmalised. He began as a flautist, later adding singing and bass guitar.
WKäbi Alma Laretei was an Estonian-Swedish concert pianist.
WArtur Lemba was an Estonian composer and piano teacher, and one of the most important figures in Estonian classical music. Artur and his older brother Theodor (1876-1962) were the first professional pianists in Estonia to give concerts abroad. Artur's 1905 opera Sabina was the first opera composed by an Estonian. His Symphony No. 1 in 1908 was the first symphony composed by an Estonian.
WSven Lõhmus is an Estonian pop-composer and lyricist. He is a producer at Moonwalk Studios, a music company featuring Estonian artists.
WUno Loop, is an Estonian singer, musician, athlete, actor, and educator. Loop's career as a musician and singer began in the early 1950s. He has performed with various ensembles and as a popular soloist beginning in the 1960s. In his youth, he trained as a boxer, and became the 1947–48 light-middleweight two-time Estonian Junior Champion. Later, he trained as a triathlete. Between the late 1950s and the early 1990s, he taught music, voice, and guitar. Loop has also worked as an actor, and appeared in several films beginning in the 1960s and in several roles on Estonian television series.
WJuhan Maaker nicknamed Torupilli-Juss was an Estonian folk musician, a player of the Estonian bagpipe. He was considered one of the most popular players at the time called the king of bagpipe players.
WTõnis Mägi is an Estonian singer, guitarist, composer and actor. He is one of the most influential and remarkable names in Estonian rock music of the past 40 years.
WAlo Mattiisen was an Estonian musician and composer.
WKristi Mühling is a professional Estonian chromatic kannel player who specialises mainly on classical and contemporary music. She has premiered numerous compositions for this instrument, both as a soloist and chamber musician. She is a member of regularly performing ensembles such as Resonabilis and Una Corda. Kristi Mühling is also the founder of the chromatic kannel specialty at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and has worked there since the establishment of the specialty in 2002.
WAndres Mustonen is an Estonian conductor and violinist.
WJaan Pehk is an Estonian writer, singer and guitarist.
WAndres Raag is an Estonian stage, film, radio and television actor and singer with the band L'Dorado since 1993.
WKalle Randalu is an Estonian pianist.
WRein Rannap is an Estonian composer and pianist.
WTõnis Rätsep is an Estonian actor, musician, educator, poet, and playwright.
WMihkel Raud is an Estonian writer, music artist, actor, and a former member of the Estonian parliament. He is best known for his book Musta pori näkku and as a former host of an Estonian talk show on TV3.
WEndel Rivers is an Estonian-Australian musician, composer and music producer. He started his music career in the 1970s. Hailing originally from Estonia, Endel moved to Australia in 1989. In 2006 Rivers was given an award at Australia's premier MusicOz Awards in instrumental category.
WOlav Roots was an Estonian conductor, pianist and composer.
WMart Saar was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs.
WTõnu Sepp is an Estonian music teacher and a figure in early music. He has been called the "grand old man" of early music in Estonia.
WRiho Sibul is an Estonian singer and guitarist of rock band Ultima Thule.
WJaan Tätte is an Estonian playwright, poet, actor, and singer.
WTõnu Trubetsky, also known as Tony Blackplait, is an Estonian punk rock/glam punk musician, film and music video director, and individualist anarchist. He is a member of the princely Trubetskoy family.
WAllan Vainola, also known as Al Vainola, is an Estonian singer, guitarist and composer. He is best known as the lead singer in such bands as Sõpruse Puiestee; Metro Luminal; Alumiinium, Sinu Sädelev Sõber; and as a guitarist in Vennaskond.
WArbo Valdma is an Estonian pianist and music pedagogue. He is a professor of piano at the University of Music in Cologne (Germany). He received his musical education at the Music Academy in Tallinn (Estonia) under Bruno Lukk and later with Nina Emelyanova at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
WPrince Peeter Volkonski is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director.