Eduard Oja

Eduard Oja (17 January 1905 in Palupõhja – 16 April 1950 in Tartu) was an Estonian composer, conductor, music teacher and critic.

[2] He was however much appreciated during his lifetime, and received awards and acclaim for several of his works.

He also worked as a conductor, leading the Tartu Women's Singing Society's Women's Choir between 1930 and 1934, as well as a teacher of music theory at Tartu Higher School of Music.

[1] A number of his works such as the opera Oath Redeemed (Estonian: Lunastatud vanne)[1] and the choral work The Return Home (Estonian: Kojuminek)[1] have been lost, although the majority of his work has survived, and is valued in museums in Estonia today.

The Eduard Tubin Museum of Alatskivi Castle contains exhibits related to him and his fellow students under Heino Eller, known as the "Tartu school", such as Eduard Tubin, Alfred Karindi, Olav Roots and Karl Leichter.