Juhan Maaker
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Juhan Maaker niknamed Torupilli-Juss was an Estonia
n folk musician, a player of the Estonian bagpipe
. He was considered one of the most popular players at the time called the king of bagpipe players.
During his lifetime Juhan Maaker performed with great success in hundreds of concert halls and became popular all over Estonia and also in Finland.In 1927-28 he took part of five concert tours in Estonia organized by August Pulst, an activist in promoting folk music in cooperation with the Estonian Open-Air Museum
Society giving all together 244 concerts.
36 pieces performed by Juhan Maakeri have been preserved and digitized from Phonograph wax cylinders found in the Estonian Literature museum.
During his lifetime a sculpture of Juhan Maaker was made by the Estonian National Museum
's sponsorship.
After Juhan Maaker's nephew Aleksander Maaker
(1890-1968) death there was only one surviving bagpipe player alive in Estonia: Olev Roomet
who became the revivalist of bagpipe in the country by training 25 new players in 1970's.
In modern times bagpipe playing is a part of the curriculum
at University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy's Traditional Music faculty and in a number of regular music schools around the country.
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
n folk musician, a player of the Estonian bagpipe
Torupill
The torupill is a type of bagpipe from Estonia.-Place in Estonian folk music:It is not clear when the bagpipe became established in Estonia...
. He was considered one of the most popular players at the time called the king of bagpipe players.
During his lifetime Juhan Maaker performed with great success in hundreds of concert halls and became popular all over Estonia and also in Finland.In 1927-28 he took part of five concert tours in Estonia organized by August Pulst, an activist in promoting folk music in cooperation with the Estonian Open-Air Museum
Estonian Open Air Museum
The Estonian Open Air Museum is a life-sized reconstruction of an 18th century rural/fishing village, which comes complete with church, inn, schoolhouse, several mills, a fire station, twelve farmyards and net sheds. The site spans 79 hectares of land and contains 72 separate buildings and is...
Society giving all together 244 concerts.
36 pieces performed by Juhan Maakeri have been preserved and digitized from Phonograph wax cylinders found in the Estonian Literature museum.
During his lifetime a sculpture of Juhan Maaker was made by the Estonian National Museum
Estonian National Museum
The Estonian National Museum founded 1909 in Tartu is a museum devoted to folklorist Jakob Hurt's heritage, to Estonian ethnography and folk art...
's sponsorship.
After Juhan Maaker's nephew Aleksander Maaker
Aleksander Maaker
Aleksander Maaker , nicknamed Torupilli-Sass was a folk musician, a player of the traditional torupill, the Estonian bagpipe. Maaker was from the Estonian island of Hiiumaa...
(1890-1968) death there was only one surviving bagpipe player alive in Estonia: Olev Roomet
Olev Roomet
Olev Roomet was an Estonian musician, a violin player, a player of the torupill and a singer in the State Academic Male Choir of Estonia. He became interested in the Estonian bagpipe in his 50s...
who became the revivalist of bagpipe in the country by training 25 new players in 1970's.
In modern times bagpipe playing is a part of the curriculum
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
at University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy's Traditional Music faculty and in a number of regular music schools around the country.