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Tarmo Urb (born September 9, 1952 in Tartu) is an Estonian songwriter, singer, actor and healer.
He studied at Tartu 8th Secondary School and sang in the Tartu Boy's Choir. He continued his studies in 1970 at the Tartu State University majoring in English philology and in 1976 at the Tallinn State Conservatory of Performing Arts. He spent five years in various places of detention and in a psychoneurological hospital until 1987 for several attempts to cross the border and "setting a bad example for Soviet youth". For example, he tried to leave the Soviet Union by walking through the Finnish Karelia ANSV. Left Sweden in 1988, he has lived in the United States (Los Angeles and New York) since 1989.
For decades, brothers Tarmo and Toomas Urb have been performing lyrical chamber songs both in Estonia and America.
His brother is the singer and actor Toomas Urb. Tarmo Urb's son Johann Urb is an actor.
1993 · Drama · Comedy
