Lepo Sumera
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- Born
- May 8, 1950 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
- Died
- June 2, 2000 (age 50)
Lepo Sumera (May 8, 1950 – June 2, 2000) was an Estonian composer and teacher.
He was born in Tallinn and studied with Veljo Tormis in his teens, and from 1968, with Heino Eller at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (then Tallinn State Conservatory). After Heino Eller's death in 1970, he studied with Heino Jürisalu, graduating in 1973. He then did postgraduate study at the Moscow Conservatory (1979–1982) with the Russian composer Roman Ledenev. Sumera first came to notice in 1972 with In Memoriam, an orchestral tribute to Eller.
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He is considered one of Estonia's most renowned composers along with Eller, Eduard Tubin and Arvo Pärt, he was also his country's Minister of Culture from 1988 to 1992 during the days of the Singing Revolution. As such he was the last Minister of Culture of the Estonian SSR, and the first Minister of Culture after Estonia re-gained independence.
Known for
Tõll the Giant
September 15, 1980
Hell
January 1, 1983
Smile at Last
November 28, 1985
The Master of Kõrboja
November 18, 1980
Stolen Meeting
June 5, 1989
Nest of Winds
September 17, 1979
For Crazies Only
February 18, 1991
The Master
October 9, 2015
The Bird Watcher
March 14, 1988
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
June 8, 1977
Doctor Stockmann
July 10, 1989
The City
January 1, 1988
Behind the camera37
- 2015The Master Music
- 2003As Cinzas de Deus Additional Music
- 1998Dragonflies and Coliaths Original Music Composer
- 1993Living Room Original Music Composer
- 1992Luukas Music
- 1991Surmatants Original Music Composer
- 1991For Crazies Only Original Music Composer
- 1990To Each His Own Music
- 1990Peeping Gnooms Music
- 1990Brides of Death