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Estonian clarinettist Taavi Orro enjoys a varied career as a chamber musician and orchestral player. Notable recent performances include collaborations with Klangforum Wien, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Estonian Festival Orchestra and Staatskapelle Dresden. In addition, recitals at Helsinki Music Centre (Helsinki, Finland) and at festivals AFEKT, COMMUTE (Estonia) and impuls (Austria). Taavi is a member of two chamber music ensembles focusing on 20th and 21st century music – duo Orro-Fleitz (with pianist Robert Fleitz) and Track3 (with violist Elijah Spies and pianist Shan-Chi Hsu). 

Taavi completed his Bachelor of Arts at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover under the tutelage of Johannes Peitz, before receiving his Master of Music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Harri Mäki. In addition, he has studied with Björn Nyman, Sebastian Manz, Wolfgang Meyer, Tõnu Kalm, Vello Sakkos and Meelis Allsoo.

Taavi has collaborated with Klangforum Wien (Austria), Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Estonia), Ensemble ur.werk (Germany) and Schallfeld Ensemble (Austria). Performance highlights include Baltic Music Days, Festival AFEKT, COMMUTE Festival and Pärnu Music Festival (Estonia), IEMA Klangspuren Schwaz, impuls and Grafenegg Academy (Austria), Hans Zender Academy and Magazin-Festival 2025 (Germany), Sarasota Music Festival (USA), Tongyeong International Music Festival and Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival (South-Korea). Taavi has also worked with German hornist Marie-Luise Neunecker and members of the Minguet Quartet at Villa Musica (Schloß Engers, Germany). 

Taavi would like to extend his thanks to Live Music Now Hannover e.V. for supporting his studies. 

Since 2019 Taavi is a member of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.