ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
Swedish Music Academy penetrating deeper into contemporary music (Schoenberg and
Stravinsky) and medieval music. He began a regular correspondence with Eduard Tubin
that would continue for many years.
Raid moved to the USA to continue his theological studies at the Andover
Newton Theological School (1946-49); he graduated with the Bachelor’s degree. In the
early Fifties he improved his skill in composition during the summer master classes
with Jacques Ibert (Tanglewood) and Darius Milhaud (Aspen). From 1954 until his
retirement in 1990, Raid was a Baptist minister in the Estonian Church in Toronto and
for the Estonian-speaking radio station Freedom Proclamation as the spokesman on
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41.
religious topics. His first authorial concert, after returning to Estonia, took place in
Tallinn on March 20th, 1990, a year before Estonia regained national independence
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