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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Tiit Lauk
Date and place of birth: 09.01.1948, Tartu
Citizenship: Estonian
Education
2003 Master’s studies in the Jazz Department of the Estonian Music Academy/
Sibelius Academy, Master of Music Pedagogy
1979 Tallinn State Conservatoire, piano
1974 G. Ots Tallinn Music College, piano
Work Experience
2003– Tallinn University, extraordinary lecturer
2001– Tallinn Music School, extraordinary lecturer
1997–2001 Freelance musician
1993–1997 Managing director of the Estonian Jazz Foundation
1990–1995 Vice president of the Estonian Jazz Union, managing director; financial director of the
Jazzkaar international jazz festival
1989–1990 Musical manager of the Cultural Cooperative ‘Aara’, G. Ots Music College lecturer
1987–1989 Music producer in the Estonian Broadcasting Company
1985–1987 Head of Music Department of the Scientific Research Centre of Estonian Folk Culture,
chairman of the Estonian Republican Rating Committee
1977–1985 Tallinn Pedagogical College, lecturer
1974–1979 Piano/arrangements in various bands/orchestras in Tallinn (Vana Toomas, Lexicon etc.)
1963–1974 Piano/arrangements (since 1968 conductor) in the dance orchestra of the Tartu State
University club
Professional Development
IASJ international summer schools in Sienna (2007) and Helsinki (2002)
IASJ 1 st International Jazz Teaching Conference in the Royal Hague Conservatoire (2004)
Training course in jazz piano teaching in Stadia College in Helsinki (2003)
Seminar “Jazz and its Teaching in Europe and America”, Grenoble (1995)
Prof. Bob Brookmeyer’s improvisation master class in the Amsterdam Summer University (1993)
Interpreter’s Activities
Since 1970 has participated at more than 20 music and jazz festivals in the former Soviet Union and in
Europe together with most of Estonian top jazz musicians (L. Saarsalu, S. Vrait, T. Unt, etc.) as well
as with well-known foreign musicians (Francis Jauvain, Maurice Jennings, Ron Humphries); concerts
together with the Italian star Roberto Loretti
Numerous recordings for the Estonian Radio
MC “Let’s Meet at Jazzkaar” (1995) and MC “JAZZ PENDEL” (1998)
Serious music concert tours with top soloists M. Palm, T. Maiste, V. Kuslap, V. Puura, E. Otsman in
Sweden, Finland, USA, France, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia
Concerts in Estonia together with both singers and T. Saviauk (flute), P. Bernhardt (violin), A. Villenthal
(double-bass)
As a serious music soloist, T. Lauk has performed the solo piano version of G. Gershwin’s “Rhapsody
in Blue” in Estonia (11 times), Krakow and Helsinki (Arts Night Programme, 2005)
Every month some 3–5 public performances with various programmes both as a soloist as well as in
bands
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