ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
essential statement of Sibelius entirely acceptable today: “This is admirable what the
young know today. A giant dock is built: but where is the ship?”1
The Finnish composer Kalevi Aho, possessing quite an extensive experience of
Estonian music, provides the following stylistic classification of modern Estonian
composers:
1. Traditionalism and tonic: Ester Mägi, Urmas Sisask
2. Folklorists and exotics: Veljo Tormis, Kuldar Sink, Sven Grünberg
3. Neo-Classicists and vitalists: Jaan Rääts, Raimo Kangro
4. Pluralists and successors: Eino Tamberg, Lepo Sumera, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Peeter Vähi
5. Neo-Impressionists: Alo Põldmäe
1
Santeri Levas, Jean Sibelius (Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1971) 275.
6. Neo-Expressionists: Mati Kuulberg, Toivo Tulev, Mari Vihmand. 2
Concluding with brief remarks about the disposition of some younger
composers, I should like to add my view.
annaabi.ee 
