Hirvo Surva

Biography

Hirvo Surva (born on July 2, 1963 in Kohtla-Järve) is an Estonian choir director.

Until 1979, Hirvo Surva studied at Kohtla-Järve Secondary School No. 1. In 1979–1983 he studied choir conducting with Silvia Mellik at the Georg Ots Tallinn Music School, then at the Tallinn State Conservatory under the supervision of Ants Üleoja (1983–1990).

Since 2006 he has been working as a lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater.

Since December 2001, he has been the chief conductor of the Estonian National Opera Boys' Choir. He has also been the chief conductor of the boys' choir Kalev of the Estonian Male Song Society (1994–2009), the chief conductor of the Revalia Chamber Male Choir (sin...