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Lepo Sumera

Lepo Sumera (1950–2000) is one of the most outstanding representatives of his generation, and with six symphonies and other orchestral works, he is considered one of Estonia’s most important orchestral composers. Sumera studied composition at Tallinn Music High School under Veljo Tormis, and then at the Tallinn Conservatoire, first with Heino Eller, and then, after Eller’s death, with Heino Jürisalu. Thereafter, he completed his education in Moscow under Mihhail Ledenjov. Sumera himself was also a well-respected teacher, supervising, among others, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Galina Grigorjeva, Märt-Matis Lill, and many others. Between 1988 and 1992, he served as Estonia’s Minister of Culture, and from 1993 until his death, he was chairman of the Estonian Composers’ Union.

In his oeuvre, Sumera’s works include everything from renaissance ensemble and piano works to symphonies, film soundtracks to cantatas, ballets, and multimedia presentations. He was a composer who had many interesting ideas, as well as brightly varied figurative language, and his innovative approach meant that he was the first composer in Estonia to use computers in his compositions. He first used electronic tools in his compositions in the 1980s, with these resources becoming more important over the years (affecting even his acoustic compositions). He was also one of the first composers in Estonia to use live electronic music, since he was charmed as a composer by the opportunity to participate in the performance himself and to contribute to what would happen. He was simultaneously attracted by multimedia.

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Aaro Pertmann Age Juurikas Age Veeroos Aleksandr Žedeljov Alisson Kruusmaa Alvils Altmanis André de Sousa Vieira Andres Kaljuste Andris Dzenītis Anna Ķirse Anna-Margret Noorhani Antoine Beuger Arash Yazdani Ardo Ran Varres Art Leete  Arturas Bumšteinas Arvydas Malcys Beat Furrer Bronius Kutavičius Diana Čemerytė Eladio Barreto Aguilar Elis Hallik Elo Masing EMTA Sinfonietta Ensemble for New Music Tallinn Ensemble of the Estonian Electronic Music Society (EMA) Ensemble U: Eugene Birman Evelin Seppar Evija Skuķe Fie Schouten Georgs Pelēcis Gintaras Sodeika Gundega Šmite Helena Tulve Janika Oras Jievaras Jasinskis Jonathan Harvey Justina Repečkaitė Kadri-Ann Sumera Kaspar Mänd Kristiina Tambets Kristjan Kõrver Krists Auznieks Lauri Jõeleht Lepo Sumera Liina Sumera Liisa Hõbepappel Linda Leimane Madis Arukask Madli Marje Gildemann Mads Schang Olsen Maija Einfelde Malle Maltis Maria Faust Maria Kõrvits Mariliis Valkonen Märt-Matis Lill Mihhail Gerts  Mirjam Tally Mykolas Natalevičius Oliver Dubon Onutė Narbutaitė Paul Daniel Piano Quartet Quadra Platon Buravicky Rasmus Puur Régis Campo Riho Esko Maimets Riivo Kallasmaa Rita Mačiliūnaitė Santa Bušs Santa Ratniece Sinfonietta Rīga String Quartet Synaesthesis Taavi Kerikmäe Taivo Lints Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Talvi Hunt Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) Timo Steiner Tõnis Kaumann Twenty Fingers Duo Ülo Krigul Vytautas V. Jurgutis Yang Ren YXUS Ensemble Žibuoklė Martinaitytė