Ants Üleoja (born 19 November 1936) is an Estonian choral conductor and music educator. An emeritus professor of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, he has worked with professional, academic and amateur choirs and has been a long-standing conductor in Estonia's Song Celebration tradition. Ensembles he has led include the Estonian Television and Radio Mixed Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir, the Tallinn Chamber Choir, the Academic Male Choir of Tallinn University of Technology, the Engineers Male Choir and the Oonurme Mixed Choir.
Andres Uibo (born 16 April 1956) is an Estonian organist, composer, music producer and pedagogue. He has been the organist of St. Nicholas Church in Tallinn, now the Niguliste Museum-Concert Hall, since 1981 and has taught at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre since 1994, becoming professor of organ in 2005. In 1987 he founded the Tallinn International Organ Festival; he later became artistic director of the Suure-Jaani Music Festival and initiated the Tallinnfest B-A-C-H series at Niguliste in 2001. In 2001 he was awarded the Medal Class of the Order of the White Star.
Jaan-Eik Tulve (born 30 September 1967) is an Estonian conductor, Gregorian chant specialist and music educator. He is the founder and artistic director of the vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis, and has taught Gregorian chant at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre since 1996. His work has centred on Gregorian chant, early polyphony and contemporary choral music, and he is especially associated with performances and recordings of music by Arvo Pärt and other Estonian composers.
Tulve has received the Order of the White Star, 5th Class, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and the Cultural Award of the Republic of Estonia.
Ilmar Trull (born 21 February 1957) is an Estonian poet and children's writer, also known as an illustrator and caricaturist. He is particularly associated with humorous, rhythmic children's verse and with illustrating his own texts, alongside work in Estonian humour periodicals and crossword publishing.
Trull has received major Estonian literary recognition, including multiple Karl Eduard Sööt children's poetry prizes, awards from the Estonian Cultural Endowment (Kultuurkapital), inclusion in the IBBY Honour List (for Tuvi jalutab), and a state decoration (the Order of the White Star, V class).