Egert Leinsaar

Member of the Association of Estonian Professional Musicians

Egert Leinsaar began violin studies at Pärnu Music School with Leo Viller and later Tatyana Günter in 1995. In 2003, he became a student of Tiiu Peäske at Tallinn Music High School and in 2009, he continued his violin studies at Estonian Asademy of Music and Theatre under the supervison of Prof. Alexander Fischer and Sigrid Kuulmann-Martin.

He has participated in several master courses both in Estonia (Prof. Jan Repko, Prof. Fyodor Shevrekuko, Prof. Ljudmilla Shevrekuko et al) and abroad (UNESCO New Names Festival in Suzdal, Russia). Egert Leinsaar has been awarded at National String Players Competition (2002 – I prize, 2000 – II prize, 1998 – II prize) and II ESTA National Competition-Festival for Violinists and Cellists (2005 – II Prize and special prize).

Egert Leinsaar has played in several orchestras, such as European Union Youth Symphony Orchestra, Lapland Chamber Orchestra (Finland), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Nordic Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in Australia, China, South-America, USA and most European countries. Since 2009, Egert Leinsaar plays in Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and is one of the leader of String Trio Fresh, founded in 2013.

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