{"id":4305,"date":"2025-06-13T09:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T06:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lauluvaljak.ee\/malestuspingid\/roman-toi\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:19:07","slug":"roman-toi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lauluvaljak.ee\/en\/malestuspingid\/roman-toi\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Toi (18. juuni 1916 \u2013 7. mai 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roman Toi<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

(18. June 1916 \u2013 7. May 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Composer, Choir Conductor, Leader of Estonian Choir Life Abroad \u2013 Guardian of Estonian Culture Across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roman Toi was an Estonian-born conductor, composer, organist, and music educator who became a leading figure in the Estonian choral scene abroad and a symbolic preserver of Estonian culture in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He began his musical studies at the Tallinn Conservatory, where he studied choral conducting, organ, composition, and conducting from 1932 to 1936 and again from 1941 to 1944. In 1944, Roman Toi fled to Germany, where he continued his musical work in refugee camps, conducting choirs, organizing concerts, and leading small song festivals. In 1949, he moved to Canada, becoming the driving force behind the Estonian choral movement abroad, and taught theory, composition, and conducting at the Toronto Conservatory for over 40 years. Toi also completed studies at the Chicago Conservatory, the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, the Institute for Advanced Musical Studies in Montreux, Switzerland, and the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>