Ants Soots

Ants Soots was an Estonian conductor.

Life and career

Soots was born in Rõngu on 19 February 1956. In 1983 he graduated from Estonian [Academy of Music and Theatre|Tallinn State Conservatory].
From 1982 to 1990 he was a singer of Mixed Choir of Eesti Televisioon and Eesti Raadio.
He directed the following choirs: Forestalia, Academic Male Choir of Tallinn University of Technology, Male Choir of the Estonian [Academy of Sciences], Female Choir of the Estonian Academy of Sciences and Estonian National Male Choir. He worked as a lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Music since 1988, and as a professor since 2004.
Soots died on 27 December 2025, at the age of 69.

Awards

2003: Order of the White Star, V class.
2004: Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance. Paavo Järvi, Tiia-Ester Loitme and Ants Soots for Sibelius: Cantatas performed by the Ellerhein Girls' Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.