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Place of Birth: Tarvastu Rural Municipality, Viljandi County, Estonia
About Juhan Simm
- Juhan Simm (12 August [O.S.
- 31 July] 1885 in Kivilõppe – 20 December 1959 in Tartu) was an Estonian composer. Juhan Simm was born in Kivilõppe village, Vana-Suislepa Parish, Viljandi County, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire.
- He attended the village school in Suislepa and the parish school in Tarvastu.
- He studied from 1906 to 1910 at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Tartu.
- Early on he discovered his passion for music.
- In 1908 he founded the Tartu male choir.
- From 1912, he was a conductor of choirs.
- From 1912 to 1914 he studied conducting at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin with Alexander von Fielitz and composition with Wilhelm Klatte and Julius Stern.
- In 1924 he perfected his skills in conducting at the Grand Opéra in Paris. From 1906 to 1910 Juhan Simm was employed in the theatre and concert hall Vanemuine in Tartu.
- From 1914 to 1916 he was musical director at the Vanemuine theatre, 1916-1925 Head of the local male choir and conductor from 1916 to 1940.
- 1926/27 and from 1944 to 1951, Simm taught conducting, music education and music theory at the Music School of Tartu.
- He founded and led several choirs in Estonia. Juhan Simm was the head of the Estonian Song Festival of 1923, 1933, 1938, 1947 and 1950.
- 1947 "submitted the title of People's Artist of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic "award. In addition, Juhan Simm was a music critic and composer of numerous works for orchestra and choir singing.
- He stayed in his work of the Estonian national romantic in nature.
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