Artur Rinne was an Estonian singer, theatre director and television director. He is the Estonian singer who has been recorded the most.
In 1934 he graduated from Tallinn Conservatory. 1929-1937 he was a choir singer and 1937-1938 ja 1941-1944 a soloist at Estonia Theatre. From 1945 until 1949, he was the director of the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu. 1947-1950 and 1971-1980 he was a soloist at Estonian SSR State Philharmonic. In 1950, he was arrested by Soviet authorities and was placed within the gulag camp system; exiled to the Yertsevo prison camp in Arkhangelsk Oblast of northern Russia.
After he was released, from 1956 until 1970 he was a director at Eesti Televisioon and Eesti Telefilm.
Awards:
1960: Estonian SSR merited artist
In 1968 the autobiographical film Meie Arhur was directed.