Els Aarne


Els Aarne was an Estonian composer and pedagogue.
She was born in Makiivka, Russian Empire and studied at Tallinn Conservatory, graduating as a music teacher in 1939, in 1942 as pianist and in 1946 as composer under Heino Eller. Els was famous, among other things, as a chamber music composer ; in addition, she wrote two symphonies.
Her son is a cellist and politician Peeter Paemurru.