Olav Ehala

Sound Jul 31, 1950 (76 years old)

Olav Ehala (born July 31, 1950 in Tallinn) is an Estonian composer.

In 1969, he graduated from Tallinn Music School and then studied composition under Eugen Kapp at the Tallinn State Conservatory, graduating in 1974. From 1975 to 1991 he was the music director for the Estonian State Youth Theater. Since 1991 he has been teaching at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and is currently a Professor Emeritus of Music Pedagogy.

Ehala has been a member of both the Estonian Theatre Union and the Estonian Composers' Union since 1977, having been a chairman for the latter between 2001 and 2014.

He has composed, arranged, and been a pianist for the ensemble Kiigelaulukuuik since 1989 and is a member of many other musical collectives.

He has written music for over 70 plays and 60 films.

3 Acting Credits

42 Crew Credits

Olav Ehala

Acting

The Firewater

Farts of Fury

Leelo: We’ll Laugh in the End, No Matter What

Crew

Time Out

Breakfast on the Grass

Bumpy

Hotel E

...And Plays Tricks

The Triangle

Don Juan in Tallinn

Night of the Carrots

1895

Some Exercises in Preparation for Independent Life

Tom and Fluffy

Karoliine's Silver Yarn