Kai Kiiv is a graduate of the cultural management master’s programme (2010) of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre having previously obtained her bachelor’s degree in violin (1997) and worked in the Symphony Orchestra of the Estonian National Opera for twelve years. In 2017 she obtained her second master’s degree in international relations at Tallinn University.

Since 2008, Kai has been working at EAMT in the international relations office managing all the master classes that take place at EAMT, coordinating such EU scholarship programmes as DoRa+ and to the internationalization aimed activities of the EMTASTRA programme, and organizing the auditions for the European Union Youth Orchestra and World Youth Choir.