The rehearsal in June at a school in Viimsi, Estonia – a Baltic coastal town that was a Soviet submarine base – ended quite a stint for Rasmus Puur. For weeks this composer and conductor had crisscrossed his native Estonia, preparing thousands of children for Laulupidu, a big choral event that happens every few years in this tiny country on Europe’s eastern frontier. In his Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt, Mr. Puur could be mistaken for one of the young singers.

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/never-mind-only-mid-20s-already-conducted-22-214659334.html

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