Eduard Tubin was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choreographer.
1958
Eduard Tubin (far left) with other Estonian composers of the Tartu school of composition (left to right): Olav Roots, Heino Eller, Karl Leichter and Alfred Karindi, circa 1930.
Conductor Olav Roots, Eduard Tubin and double-bassist Ludvig Juht in Stockholm Concert Hall in 1947.
Vanemuine is a theatre in Tartu, Estonia. It is the first Estonian-language theatre. Stemming from the Vanemuine Society (1865), the theatre's first performance was Lydia Koidula's Saaremaa Onupoeg at the society's fifth anniversary. In subsequent years, Vanemuine has expanded to include a symphony orchestra and ballet company, while its repertoire has included a range of operettas and music theatre through operas and dramas. Under Karl Menning, the theatre served a vocational purpose, with a great emphasis on educating future talent. Subsequent directors prioritized entertainment value, while Kaarel Ird—who led Vanemuine for more than forty years—oversaw a blend of genres as well as tours of the Soviet Union. In recent years, content has varied extensively.
"Big house" of the Vanemuine
"Little house" of Vanemuine
Vanemuine theatre, c. 1910
Epp Kaidu and Alli Tammemets in a 1947 production of a Gogol play at the Vanemuire theatre