About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1950-05-08
Place of birth:
Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
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Lepo Sumera

Overview

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.

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

Sound
2015 The Master Sound Music 58
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1998 Libarebased ja kooljad Sound Music N/A
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1993 Living-Room Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1991 For Crazies Only Sound Music 58
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1989 Doctor Stockmann Sound Music 58
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1989 Stolen Meeting Sound Music 58
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1988 The City Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1987 The War Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1986 Flamingo: The Bird of Luck Sound Music 58
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1986 The Sounds of Kaleva Sound Music 59
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1985 Games for Teenagers Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1985 The Enchanted Island Sound Music 59
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1985 The Beggar Sound Music 59
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1984 Lurich Sound Music 58
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1983 Kind Hometown Spirits Sound Music N/A
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1983 Hell Sound Music 59
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1980 The Master of Kõrboja Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Tyll the Giant Sound Music 59
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1979 Nest of Winds Sound Music 58
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1979 Is It Still Greasy? Sound Music N/A
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1979 100 m selili kammerorkestri saatel Sound Music N/A
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1977 Ask the Dead About the Price of Death Sound Music 59
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1977 Antennid jääs Sound Music 58
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1976 A Human is Born... Sound Music N/A
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1976 The Rifleman Sound Music 59
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1976 The Rabbit Sound Music N/A
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1975 Juhan Liiv's Story Sound Music N/A
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Crew
2003 As Cinzas de Deus Crew Additional Music N/A
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