{{Short description|Estonian composer}} thumb|Olav Ehala in 2012 '''Olav Ehala''' (born 31 July 1950), is an Estonian composer.<ref name="EMIC">{{cite web |title=Ehala, Olav {{!}} Estonian Music Information Centre |url=https://www.emic.ee/?sisu=heliloojad&mid=58&id=4&lang=eng&action=view&method=biograafia |website=www.emic.ee |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>

Ehala was born in Tallinn. In 1969, he graduated from Tallinn Music School and then studied composition under Eugen Kapp at the Tallinn State Conservatory, graduating in 1974. From 1975 to 1991 he was the music director for the Estonian State Youth Theater. Since 1991 he has been teaching at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and is currently a Professor Emeritus of Music Pedagogy.<ref name="EMIC" /><ref name="EAMT">{{cite web|title=Olav Ehala, Estonian Academy of Music and Theater|url=https://eamt.ee/en/inimesed/olav-ehala/|website=www.eamt.ee|access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref>

Ehala has been a member of both the Estonian Theatre Union and the Estonian Composers' Union since 1977, having been a chairman for the latter between 2001 and 2014.<ref name="EMIC" />

He has composed, arranged, and been a pianist for the ensemble Kiigelaulukuuik since 1989 and is a member of many other musical collectives.<ref name="EMIC" />

He has written music for over 70 plays and 60 films.<ref name="EMIC" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-19|title=Olav Ehala|url=https://www.helilooja.ee/en/members/olav-ehala/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Estonian Composers Union|language=en-US}}</ref>

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