Acting

Risto Joost

Born June 22, 1980 · Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] (age 46)

Risto Joost (born June 22, 1980) is an Estonian conductor and operatic countertenor. Born in Tallinn, Joost has been intensively involved with music since the age of six. He attended the special school for music in Tallinn. From 1986 to 1998 he studied choir conducting at the Tallinn Academy of Music with Anneli Mäeots and from 1998 to 2002 at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Conducting…