ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
as a conductor formed just a part of it. Aavik as a symphonist was not very active in the
last years of the Republic due to the many tasks in the cultural field of Estonia. Much
more frequently he turned to the symphonic forms after World War II, having emigrated
to Sweden.
Aavik graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatoire, specialising in trumpet
(1907) and in composition (1911 with Professors Nikolay Solovyov and Alexander
Glazunov). His manifold activities started in Tartu as the musical manager of the
Vanemuine Theatre and the conductor of its symphony orchestra (1911-1923). For the
remarkable artistic growth during that period the orchestra is indebted to him and also
to the conductor Juhan Simm.
Settling in Tallinn, Aavik was engaged as the music director of Estonia Theatre
and its symphony orchestra (1925-1933). Later he withdrew from conducting as there
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