Paul Mägi (born 13 October 1953) is an Estonian conductor in concert and opera and is also an academic teacher and violinist.
He graduated from the Tallinn Music High School in 1972, where he specialised in violin with Endel Lippus and in trumpet with Tõnu Tarum.
[1] Mägi was musical director and chief conductor of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (Latvijas Nacionālais simfoniskais orķestris) in Riga from 1990 to 1994.
He conducted premiere recordings, such as Eduard Tubin's opera Reigi õpetaja in 1992 and Erkki-Sven Tüür's Second Symphony in 2004.
His students have included Olari Elts, Mihhail Gerts, Lehari Kaustel, Thomas Kemp, Erki Pehk, Pauls Putninš, and Aivo Välja.