Kaljo Raid
Kaljo Raid (4 March 1921 – 21 January 2005) was an Estonian composer, cellist and pastor.
He was born in
St. Paul, Minnesota, meeting Jacques Ibert and Darius Milhaud
.
In 1954 he moved to Canada and became the pastor of the Estonian Baptist Church in Toronto; he continued in this capacity for 35 years. As a result of a late marriage in 1982 he became stepfather to five children. After retiring in 1989 he devoted himself full-time to composition. He died at Richmond Hill, Ontario in 2005.
Among his works are four symphonies and an opera on the life of
Polycarp of Smyrna, Fiery Chariots (1993). He also completed the first movement of Eduard Tubin
's unfinished Symphony No. 11.
External links
- Official website with discography and list of works
- Obituary
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