Heimar Ilves

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Heimar Ilves (born  September 15, 1914 in the village of Domnino, Orjol Governorate , Russian Empire ; †  February 5, 2002 in Tallinn , Estonia ) was an Estonian composer.

Life

Heimar Ilves studied at the Tallinn Conservatory (now the Estonian Music and Theater Academy ) from 1932 to 1937 piano with Theodor Lemba and from 1937 to 1940 composition with Artur Kapp and Heino Eller . In 1944/45 he worked as a lecturer in music.

After the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union , Ilves worked from 1945 to 1948 as a forest worker in the Molotov Oblast in the Urals . Then he was able to return to Estonia . In 1949 he completed his music studies at the Tallinn State Conservatory.

From 1950 to 1965 Heimar Ilves was a lecturer in music history at the Tallinn State Conservatory. In 1965 he was released for political and religious reasons. He was banned from teaching. In private discussion groups where u. a. Arvo Pärt , Andres Mustonen and Jaan Rääts participated, he continued to work.

Heimar Ilves is best known as a composer. He wrote six symphonies (1959, 1964, 1967, 1967, 1971 and 1975). A philosophical-dramatic undertone dominates here. Ilves dedicated the 2nd Symphony, written in 1959 and premiered in 1964, to the victims of Stalinism . He is also well- known for his counter-sertiino for piano and symphony orchestra (1949), a piano trio (1941) and a piano sonata (1940).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography in the Estonian Music Information Center (English)
  2. ↑ Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 100
personal data
SURNAME Ilves, Heimar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Domnino Village, Oryol Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 2002
Place of death Tallinn