page_title: Juhan Aavik
hierarchical_section_title: Juhan Aavik
caption_attribution_description: Eesti: Laulupidu, dirigendipuldis Juhan Aavik
context_page_description: Juhan Aavik was an Estonian composer.
  Aavik studied music composition at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He later served as a conductor in Tartu, Governorate of Livonia, a musical conservatory professor and director in Tallinn, and an Estonian song festival conductor in Sweden. He wrote nearly 200 Opus numbers, among them two symphonies; a Cello concerto; a Double bass Concerto; a Piano trio; a Requiem; and various choral works, songs and chamber music. In Stockholm at age 81, he published a history of Estonian music in four volumes.
context_section_description: Juhan Aavik  (29 January 1884, in Holstre, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 26 November 1982, in Stockholm, Sweden) was an Estonian composer.
  Aavik studied music composition at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He later served as a conductor in Tartu, Governorate of Livonia (1911–1925), a musical conservatory professor and director in Tallinn (1928–1944), and an Estonian song festival conductor in Sweden (1948–1961) (after arriving there in 1944). He wrote nearly 200 Opus numbers, among them two symphonies; a Cello concerto (1949); a Double bass Concerto (1950); a Piano trio (1957); a Requiem (1959); and various choral works, songs and chamber music. In Stockholm at age 81 (1965–1969), he published a history of Estonian music in four volumes.
caption: Aavik at the IX Estonian Song Festival in 1928
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