Arvo Volmer

{{Short description|Estonian conductor}}

Arvo Volmer (born November 4, 1962, in Tallinn) is an Estonian conductor.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/orchestral-manoeuvres-to-redeem-adelaide-festival/story-e6frg8n6-1225840215587|title=Orchestral manoeuvres to redeem Adelaide Festival|date=13 March 2010|work=The Australian|accessdate=14 June 2010|first=Michaela|last=Boland}}

Volmer was principal conductor of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra{{cite news|url=http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Finnish+music+lovers+discover+Tallinn/1101980936482|title=International Edition - Culture|date=9 May 2005|work=Helsingin Sanomat|accessdate=14 June 2010}} from 1993 to 2001. From 2004 to 2013 he was Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and in 2014 was appointed Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Advisor.[http://www.aso.com.au/chief_conductor.htm Adelaide Symphony Orchestra web site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606045332/http://www.aso.com.au/chief_conductor.htm |date=June 6, 2009 }} The Adelaide Review wrote that Volmer's tenure as Chief Conductor saw the orchestra "improve out of all proportion and enter an unprecedented period of ascendancy".{{cite news|last1=Strahle |first1=Graham |title=The Volmer Decade |url=http://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/article/arvo-volmer-aso-and-sibelius-november |work=Adelaide Review |date=October 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310202648/http://adelaidereview.com.au/arts/article/arvo-volmer-aso-and-sibelius-november |archivedate=March 10, 2015 }}

From 2004 to 2012, Volmer combined his Adelaide duties with the posts of music director and principal conductor of the Estonian National Opera in Tallinn.[http://www.opera.ee/19855 Estonian National Opera web site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010050104/http://www.opera.ee/19855 |date=October 10, 2009 }} He has also been guest conductor of many orchestras, especially in Scandinavia. Among his recordings are the complete orchestral works of Leevi Madetoja and the complete symphonies of Eduard Tubin and Jean Sibelius.

Since September 2014 he has been the Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento.{{cite news|title=Arvo Volmer appointed principal guest conductor and artistic advisor of Adelaide Symphony Orchestra|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/arts/arvo-volmer-appointed-principal-guest-conductor-and-artistic-advisor-of-adelaide-symphony-orchestra/story-fni6um7a-1226709668428?nk=5b67c48a2aa849888346a0ec6c15e84d|first=Petra|last=Starke|date=September 3, 2013|work=The Advertiser}}