Ivari Ilja

Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences since 2025
Field: Music Perfomance

Rector of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre since 2017
Professor of Piano at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre since 1999
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian National Opera since 2020

Born on 3 May 1959

1997 Tallinn Music High School

1981 Tallinn State Conservatoire

1984 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire

1986 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, assistantship–internship