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First name: Timo
Last name: Steiner
Dates: 1976
Category: Quintet
Nationality: Estonian
Opus name: Madam Koto's Bar, for piano quintet (2014)
Publisher: Edition 49
Peculiarities: http://www.emic.ee/how-to-acquire-estonian-music
Information: Timo Steiner graduated in 1994 from the composition department of the Tallinn Music High School (teachers René Eespere, Toomas Trass, Mati Kuulberg) and in 1999 from the Estonian Academy of Music as a student of Prof. Jaan Rääts. From 1999 to 2001 he studied in the Academy’s master’s degree program under Raimo Kangro. Steiner has also attended Prof. Marek Stachowski’s master classes in Rostock, Germany, and improved his skills at the Moscow Conservatoire under Prof. Roman Ledenev. In 1997, Timo Steiner founded the Bowed Piano Ensemble and served as its artistic director (the ensemble was conceived for the NYYD Festival and was active until 2000, recording music for Estonian Radio; many Estonian composers wrote pieces for the group). In 1999, Timo Steiner, along with composer Ülo Krigul, laid the foundation for the Estonian Academy of Music’s Autumn Festival. In 2000, Steiner joined the Estonian Music Days organizing committee and since 2003 has been its artistic director. From 1996, Steiner teaches composition and music theory at the Tallinn Music High School, and since autumn 2005, serves as TMHS's director. Look also: http://www.myspace.com/steinertimo © EMIC 2006 (updated 2011, November)