Georg Ots (was born 21.March in 1920 in St. Petersburg), Soviet Union- died 5.September in 1975 in Tallinn,Estonian SSR).was an Estonian musican. His father was the very renowned tenor Karl Ots . Georg Ots studied singing with the Estonian baritone Aleksander Arder in Yaroslaw , where an Estonian cultural centre had been established. In 1944, he auditioned for the conservatory in Tallinn. At the same time, he became a member of the chorus at the Estonian National Theatre in Tallinn. His solo opera debut was a tiny part in Eugene Onegin (1944). He soon became the most beloved and admired member of this opera company and sang with it from 1951 until his death in 1975.

Ots was also a welcomed performer in all the important opera houses of the Soviet Union, being especially popular at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. His repertoire included the following roles: Eugene Onegin, Yeletzky , Escamillo , Renato , Don Giovanni, Papageno , Rigoletto, Jago, Porgy, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro and the title role in Kabalevsky's Colas Breugnon . Ots's most famous role (with which he was almost identified) was that of the leading character in Rubinstein's The Demon.

The admiration for Ots culminated in 1958 with the release of the Lenfilm Studio musical "Mr X ", based on Imre Kalman 's operetta Die Zirkusprinzessin . Thereafter, his voice could be heard on the radio and TV all over the Soviet Union. All his records were sold out almost immediately. Although he loved to perform songs by Schubert, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and several other modern Russian composers , Ots was also a devoted interpreter of Estonian folk songs. Georg Ots was incredibly popular not only in Estonia and the rest of the Soviet Union, but he also performed successfully in various European countries and even in the United States. After his death in 1975, Estonian Music High School was named after him. Georg Ots was also loved among Russians as can be seen from the fact that in 1997, Russian scientists named a minor planet Georg Ots.

Estonia has given birth to many excellent composers and musicians and Georg Ots was definitely one of those musical talents who has put Estonia on the musical map .