ENSEMBLES 2024

Tallinn College of Music and Ballet Chamber Choir

Tallinn College of Music and Ballet is the only school in Estonia providing professional music education alongside the general primary and secondary curriculum. The mixed choir of Tallinn College of Music and Ballet is a choir of young musicians, which started its activities in the fall of 2022. In the current academic year, 40 singers sing in the choir, among whom there are students of classical choral conducting, singing, music theory, composition, piano players, string and wind instruments players. In addition to an interesting and vocally developing repertoire, the choir aims to develop young musicians' self-expression and the ability to form musical phrases through their voices, stage courage and knowledge of different musical styles. The choir offers the opportunity to participate in teamwork and the joy of makeing music together, even for those whose professional training is mainly in individual lessons. The mixed choir, which has grown out of the Tallinn Music High School Chamber Choir, has a long history of musicians who are professional singers by now.

Janne Fridolin

Conductor

Janne Fridolin (1976) is Estonian conductor and music teacher. In 2017, she completed her doctoral studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre under the supervision of Tõnu Kaljuste and Anne Türnpu. Janne Fridolin has been the category head and conductor of several song days and Song Celebration Festivals, including the Youth Song and Dance Festivals “Here I'll stay” (2017) and "Holy is the land” (2023). She is the conductor in Song Celebration Festival in 2025. In 2002, Janne Fridolin was awarded a scholarship from the Heino Kaljuste Foundation. In 2011, the Estonian Choral Association named her the laureate of the Young Conductor of the Year award. In 2012, she was awarded the title of Best Conductor at the Freamunde International Choir Competition in Portugal. In 2013, the Estonian Choir Association named Janne Fridolin the Best Conductor and Music Teacher of the Year. In 2017, she was awarded the special prize of Best Conductor in the grand prix round of the Rimini International Choral Competition, in 2019 she received the Uno Järvela scholarship, in 2020 the annual choral music prize of the Estonian Cultural Foundation's People's Culture Foundation. In 2022, she was awarded the title of Best Conductor at the 16th Festival of the Estonian Chamber Choirs Union. In the same year, Janne Fridolin received the Order of the White Star, 5th class medal from the President of the Republic of Estonia.

Triin Ella

Vocal Coach

Triin Ella is a mezzosopran of Estonian National Opera Theatre.

Competition Program

Additional Concerts Program