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Piret Aidulo - OrganPiret Aidulo graduated cum laude from the Tallinn Conservatory as a music teacher/choir conductor, and four years later as an organist. In 1998, she also earned a Master's degree from the Estonian Academy of Music as an organist, under the supervising professor Hugo Lepnurm.
As well as performing solo, Piret Aidulo actively takes part in different chamber music ensembles and has cooperated with some of Estonia's best vocal and instrumental soloists, as well as choirs including: the Estonian National Male Choir (RAM), the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, and many others. She often performs with different orchestras such as: the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO), the Estonian National Opera Symphony Orchestra, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Pärnu City Orchestra. She has been invited to play with the Latvian Symphony Orchestra, the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Novaya Opera Symphony Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. |
Ms Aidulo has frequently taken part in the Organ Festivals of Tallinn, Pärnu and Jalta, as well as the Visby Organ Week and has participated in many recording projects. She has taught the organ, the history of organ music and courses on church music in different teaching facilities (including the Church Music Department at the Institute of Theology (UI KMO) and EMTA) and has been the Chairperson for the Board of the EELC Church Music Association (1996-2010). Presently, she is the Chairperson for the Board of the EELC Synod and Song Festival Foundation. Piret Aidulo has repeatedly been the General Manager of Church Song Festivals. She is also one of the founders of the Association of Estonian Professional Musicians (EIL).
Since the year 1989, Ms Aidulo has worked at Charles' Church in Tallinn, which hosts the biggest organ in Estonia (Walcker/1923), and since 1991 she has been the Head Organist and the Music Director. She is the Head Conductor of the Charles' Church Concert Choir and the Chamber Choir Canorus. Since March 2013, she has also been a part-time organist at St Mary's Cathedral (Tallinna Toomkirik).
Recently, her most exciting projects have been annual concerts with the Moscow Early Music Ensemble ‘Da camera e da chiesa’; a solo concert in Istanbul performing Bach and Pärt; participating in the grand project of Adam's Passion, performing at the Tallinn International Organ Festival and performing at the Spring Organ Series festival (2016) in Athens, in collaboration with the ‘Bosphorus’ Wind Quintet from Turkey.
Since the year 1989, Ms Aidulo has worked at Charles' Church in Tallinn, which hosts the biggest organ in Estonia (Walcker/1923), and since 1991 she has been the Head Organist and the Music Director. She is the Head Conductor of the Charles' Church Concert Choir and the Chamber Choir Canorus. Since March 2013, she has also been a part-time organist at St Mary's Cathedral (Tallinna Toomkirik).
Recently, her most exciting projects have been annual concerts with the Moscow Early Music Ensemble ‘Da camera e da chiesa’; a solo concert in Istanbul performing Bach and Pärt; participating in the grand project of Adam's Passion, performing at the Tallinn International Organ Festival and performing at the Spring Organ Series festival (2016) in Athens, in collaboration with the ‘Bosphorus’ Wind Quintet from Turkey.
