Birth Date: | 12 April 1917 |
Birth Place: | Revel |
Death Date: | 17 August 1994 |
Death Place: | Tallinn |
Alma Mater: | Tallinn State Conservatory |
Boris Kõrver (12 April 1917, Revel – 17 August 1994, Tallinn) was a Soviet and Estonian composer.[1]
In 1950, he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory in composition specialty.
During World War II, he belonged to State Artistic Ensembles of the Estonian SSR in Yaroslavl.
Since 1944, he was a member of Estonian Composers' Union. From 1953 to 1966, he was deputy chairman and from 1966 to 1974 chairman of Estonian Composers' Union. His daughter is director and cinematographer Marianne Kõrver.