Urve Uusberg (born Urve Piho; 5 January 1953)[1] is an Estonian conductor and psychologist who founded and conducted the choir studio Riinimanda.

Uusberg was born in Tartu. She graduated from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute with a degree in choir conducting in 1975 and from the Tartu State University with a degree in psychology in 1983. In 2004, she defended her master's degree in psychology at the University of Tartu. Shas has also trained as a psychotherapist at the Estonian-Danish Gestalt Institute.[2]

In 2008, she was Estonian Volunteer of the Year.[3] In 2019, she joined the Order of the White Star, V class.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Teenetemärkide kavalerid: Urve Uusberg". www.president.ee. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. "Urve Uusberg: heateod teevad õnnelikuks, pakuvad rahulolu ja teevad ühiskonna tugevamaks". Postimees (in Estonian). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. The 2008 Volunteer of Te Year award ceremony Archived 2012-02-13 at archive.today (ETV program archive)
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