Mikk Sarv
1951–2018 (age 67)
Biography
Mikk Sarv (10 August 1951 – 6 April 2018) was an Estonian folklorist, regilaul (runic-song) singer, biologist, educator and composer. He was a prominent promoter of the regilaul tradition and was among the founders of the runic-song ensemble Hellero. In scholarship on Baltic folklore revivals, Sarv has been described as a key figure in Estonian–Latvian networks around traditional music.
Sarv also composed music for Estonian documentary films, including nature films and other documentaries credited in contemporary reporting and film databases.