Veronika Portsmuth is an Estonian conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

 and singer.

Education

• 1987–1995 21. Tallinn Secondary School
• 1995–1998 Tallinn Music High School (conducting — Evi Eespere)
• 1998–2004 Estonian Music
  Music of Estonia
  The earliest mentioning of Estonian singing and dancing dates back to Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum . Saxo speaks of Estonian warriors who sang at night while waiting for an epic battle. The Estonian folk music tradition is broadly divided into 2 periods...
  
   Academy, MA (conducting — Prof.
  Professor
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   Emeritus
  Emeritus
  Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
  
   Kuno Areng)
• 1999–2002 Tallinn Georg Ots
  Georg Ots
  Georg Ots, People's Artist of the USSR was an Estonian opera singer...
  
   Music School (singing — Mare Jõgeva)
• 2002–2004 Estonian Music Academy (singing — Prof. Nadja Kurem)
• 2007 – present Estonian Music and Theatre Academy, PhD programme (Tõnu Kaljuste)
• 2008–2009 Royal College of Music in Stockholm
  Royal College of Music, Stockholm
  The Royal College of Music, Stockholm is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music...
  
   (Prof. Anders Eby)

Further training in orchestral conducting by Jüri Alperten and participation in master class

Master class

A master class is a class given to students of a particular discipline by an expert of that discipline—usually music, but also painting, drama, or any of the arts....

es by Eri Klas

Eri Klas

Eri Klas, is an Estonian conductor.Klas is of Jewish ancestry. Klas graduated as an opera and concert conductor in both Tallinn and Leningrad , beginning his conducting career at the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn and at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow...

 and Filippo Maria Bressan.

Professional work

• 1998–2004 Mixed Choir Helitron
  Helitron
  Helitron is a mixed choir operating in Tallinn and originally set up to cater to employees of Tondi Elektroonika. Of the employment-related choirs established during Soviet occupation of Estonia, Helitron was one of the most famous ones, and is one of the few ones who have outlived the USSR.A...
  
  
• 2000–2002 Chamber Choir
  Choir
  A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
  
   of Tallinn University of Technology (choirmaster)
• 2002–2004 Tallinn Chamber Choir
• 2002–2004 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
  Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
  The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is a professional choir based in Estonia. It was founded in 1981 by Tõnu Kaljuste, who was its conductor for twenty years. In 2001, Paul Hillier followed Kaljuste's tenure, becoming the EPCC's principal conductor and artistic director until September 2008,...
  
   (singer)
• 2004 – ... Nargen Opera choir
• 2004 – ... Estonian Defence Forces
  Military of Estonia
  The Estonian Defence Forces is the name of the unified armed forces of the Republic of Estonia. The Estonian military is a defence force consisting of Maavägi , Merevägi , Õhuvägi and a paramilitary organization Kaitseliit...
  
   Mixed Choir
• 2005 Estonian Academy of Science Female Choir
• 2006–2007 Tallinn Music High School Chamber Choir
• 2008 – ... Young Female Choir MIINA

Veronika Portsmuth is focused on Nordic culture and contemporary music

Contemporary classical music

Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...

. In September 2008 she presented in Tallinn the first Faroese opera The Madmans Garden by Sunleif Rasmussen

Sunleif Rasmussen

Sunleif Rasmussen is the foremost Faroese composer of classical music.Rasmussen studied in Norway, then returned to Tórshavn in the Faroes as music teacher and jazz pianist. From 1990 to 1995 he studied musical composition at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen under Ib Nørholm and...

.

In July 2007 she conducted the mixed choirs section in the 10th Estonian Youth Song Celebration.

External links

• Contact
• "Hullu mehe aias – hull ooper Kultuurikatlas" by Tui Hirv (10 September 2008)
• "Ooperi risttolmlemine draama ja tantsuga kultuurikatlas" by Alvar Loog (18 September 2008)
• http://www.sirp.ee/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=7508&pop=1&page=0
• "Eesti mehe vägev utireetu" by Veiko Märka (23 May 2008)