Meelis Orgse

b. May 1, 1980
Member of the Association of Estonian Professional Musicians since 2010

Meelis Orgse graduated from Tallinn Music High School with Mare Teearu. In 1999–2004, he studied violin under the supervision of Andrus Haav and Urmas Vulp at the Estonian Academy of Music. In 2005–2009, Meelis Orgse continued his studies in Masters’ program at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (Finland), studying modern violin with Mari Tampere-Bezrodny and baroque violin with Kreeta-Maria Kentala. In 2011–2015 he improved his skills at baroque violin under the supervision of Prof. Thomas Alberti at the University of the Arts Bremen (Germany). Meelis has participated in master courses of Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, Anton Steck, Ann Wallström, Irina Kisselova, Veronika Skuplik (baroque violin).

As a freelance musician, Meelis Orgse regularly participates in different early music projects in Estonia, Finland and Germany. He often performs as a concertmaster and soloist. Since 2000, he plays in Tallinn Baroque Orchestra and ensemble Corelli Consort and since 2002, he has participated in the work of the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and Finnish Baroque Orchestra. In 2004–2012, Meelis worked in Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and by 2007, he was selected to play for a year in the European Union Baroque Orchestra. In 2013–2015, he played in baroque orchestras Bremer Ratsmusik and La festa musicale (Germany). Meelis is a member of baroque ensembles Floridante (Estonia, founded in 2014), Gli Affetti Freschi and  Ensemble Nylandia (Finland) and Bremen Baroque Orchestra (Germany).

Since 2015, Meelis Orgse teaches baroque violin at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.

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