Person

Veljo Tormis

Veljo Tormis (7 August 1930 – 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the great contemporary choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. Internationally, his fame arises chiefly from his extensive body of choral music, which exceeds 500 individual choral songs, most of it a cappella. The great majority of these pieces are based on…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Estonia
Born
August 7th, 1930
Died
January 21st, 2017
Genres
Labels
Harmonia Mundi
Hyperion
Melodiya
ECM Records
Finlandia Records
Last updated: March 1st, 2019