The Most Famous
CONDUCTORS from Estonia
This page contains a list of the greatest Estonian Conductors. The pantheon dataset contains 128 Conductors, 2 of which were born in Estonia. This makes Estonia the birth place of the 16th most number of Conductors behind Venezuela, and Spain.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Estonian Conductors of all time. This list of famous Estonian Conductors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Paavo Järvi (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 58.54, Paavo Järvi is the most famous Estonian Conductor. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Paavo Järvi (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈpɑːʋo ˈjærʋi]; born 30 December 1962) is an Estonian conductor. He has been chief conductor of Zurich's Tonhalle since 2020.
2. Eri Klas (1939 - 2016)
With an HPI of 56.04, Eri Klas is the 2nd most famous Estonian Conductor. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Eri Klas (7 June 1939 – 26 February 2016) was an Estonian conductor. He conducted or served as artistic director for the Estonian National Opera, the Finnish National Opera, the Danish Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tallinn Philharmonic, and the Novaya Opera.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Estonian conductors born between 1939 and 1962. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Estonian conductors include Paavo Järvi. The most famous deceased Estonian conductors include Eri Klas. As of April 2024, 2 new Estonian conductors have been added to Pantheon including Paavo Järvi, and Eri Klas.
