# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/evald-aav
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:39:09.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/evald-aav"
name: "Evald Aav"
slug: "evald-aav"
description: "Evald Aav was an Estonian composer born in Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire. He studied music composition there with Artur Kapp and wrote primarily vocal music to words in the Estonian language. In 1928 he composed the first national Estonian opera, Vikerlased. The opera premiered in Tallinn on 8 September 1928. He modelled his style of composition after Tchaikovsky."
tagline: "Estonian composer and choirmaster (1900–1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Evald_Aav_1924.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1900-02-22"
deathDate: "1939-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump