Märt-Matis Lill (born 6 November 1975) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n composer. Märt-Matis Lill was born in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

, the son of writer, translator, cultural critic and philosopher

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and classical philologist and translator

Anne Lill Anne Lill (née Laansoo; born 15 October 1946) is an Estonian classical philologist and translator. She is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tartu. Education Anne Laansoo was born on 15 October 1946. She graduated from University of Tart ...

. Guitarist and violinist Emil Lansoo was his grandfather. He studied composition at the

Tallinn Music High School Tallinn Music High School ( et, Tallinna Muusikakeskkool) is a special music high school in Tallinn, Estonia. History TMHS was founded in 1961 to ensure a sufficient number of quality applicants to the Tallinn State Conservatory (now Estonian ...

under

Lepo Sumera Lepo Sumera (8 May 1950 – 2 June 2000) was an Estonian composer and teacher. Life and career 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 (t ...

. In 1999 he graduated from

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

. He has been the artistic director of the Pärnu New Music Days Festival. From 2000, he is a member of

Estonian Composers' Union Estonian Composers' Union (abbeviation ECU; et, Eesti Heliloojate Liit) is an Estonian creative union which encompasses professional composers and musicologists in Estonia. The chairman of ECU is Märt-Matis Lill. Since 2005, ECU is a member of ...

. From 2014, he is the chairman of Estonian Composers' Union.

Works

* 1999 "Üleminekuriitus" ("Le rite de passage") * 2001 "Seitse laulu sügisest" (for baritone and piano) * 2002 "Linnujäljed taeval" * 2002 "Etnofuturistlikud etüüdid" * 2003 "Farwell" * 2003 "Taeva jõgi" (for chamber orchestra) * 2015 "Kui kivid olid veel pehmed" * 2017 opera "Tulleminek"

References

Living people 1975 births 21st-century Estonian composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni People from Tartu {{Estonia-composer-stub