ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
Tulve’s Á travers for chamber ensemble was nominated second at the Paris
Rostrum for young composers in 1998.
Sound, its colours, timbres, layers and connections are the focal point for the
composer. In the sound picture Sula (Thaw, 1999), the programmatic title enables sound
play and so the composer stands amidst her favoured elements: colour plus freedom.
Timbres, special methods of sound production (glissandi, repetitions, colour-
pointillism, trills etc.) dominate. In 2004, Sula won the First Prize at the international
Rostrum of Composers in Paris. In July 2006 Tulve was awarded the only prize for the
same composition at the World New Music festival.
She explains her views:
Sound is really the form I build my music with. I am attempting to make the music sound
somehow different. In addition, the formal aspect, movements and all that belongs there. 1
Tõnu Kõrvits (b