Jüri Reinvere
Encyclopedia
Jüri Reinvere is an Estonian
-born composer and poet living in Berlin
, Germany
. Since 2005 he has used his own poetry as spoken word as an integrated part of his music. He has been writing in English since 2007.
and subsequently 1990–1992 in Poland
in the Warsaw
Chopin Academy of Music. From 1994 through 2004 he studied in the Sibelius Academy
in Helsinki
, Finland
, where his teachers were Veli-Matti Puumala and Tapio Nevanlinna. There he got also his master's degree. An influential teacher for Reinvere has also been Käbi Laretei
, an Estonian-Swedish pianist and writer.
Reinvere has been known by his transformational, highly versatile and subtile music, which is characterized by unpredictability and unreality. In Reinvere's poetical thinking, one can follow philosophical themes, such as the concept of time, the enigma of God, the psychological depths of man and the state of trauma in post-soviet societies.
Reinvere has also published essays and worked for Estonian
and Finnish Radio. He has also produced and written screenplays for documentary films, translated and co-written books. Sofi Oksanen
has described him as a "true cosmopolitan with Estonian roots." He will compose an opera to Oksanen's novel Purge
.
Estonians
Estonians are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. They speak a Finnic language known as Estonian...
-born composer and poet living in Berlin
Berlin
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, Germany
Germany
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. Since 2005 he has used his own poetry as spoken word as an integrated part of his music. He has been writing in English since 2007.
Life
Reinvere obtained musical education 1979–1990 at the Tallinn Music High SchoolTallinn Music High School
Tallinn Music High School is a special music high school in Tallinn, Estonia.-History:TMHS was founded in 1961 to ensure sufficient amount of high-level applicants to Tallinn State Conservatory...
and subsequently 1990–1992 in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
in the Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
Chopin Academy of Music. From 1994 through 2004 he studied in the Sibelius Academy
Sibelius Academy
The Sibelius Academy is a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It also has an adult education centre in Järvenpää and a training centre in Seinäjoki. The Academy is the only music university in Finland. It is among the biggest European music universities...
in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, where his teachers were Veli-Matti Puumala and Tapio Nevanlinna. There he got also his master's degree. An influential teacher for Reinvere has also been Käbi Laretei
Käbi Laretei
Käbi Alma Laretei is an Estonian-born Swedish concert pianist.Her father was a diplomat in the service of the Republic of Estonia; when the Soviet Union invaded the country he and his family fled to Sweden. Laretei has had a long and distinguished career as a pianist and in the 1960s...
, an Estonian-Swedish pianist and writer.
Reinvere has been known by his transformational, highly versatile and subtile music, which is characterized by unpredictability and unreality. In Reinvere's poetical thinking, one can follow philosophical themes, such as the concept of time, the enigma of God, the psychological depths of man and the state of trauma in post-soviet societies.
Reinvere has also published essays and worked for Estonian
Eesti Rahvusringhääling
Eesti Rahvusringhääling – Estonian Public Broadcasting – is a publicly funded radio and television organisation created in Estonia on 1 June 2007 to take over the functions of the formerly separate Eesti Raadio and Eesti Televisioon , under the terms of the Estonian National...
and Finnish Radio. He has also produced and written screenplays for documentary films, translated and co-written books. Sofi Oksanen
Sofi Oksanen
Sofi Oksanen is a Finnish contemporary writer. She was born in Jyväskylä. Her father is Finnish and her mother is Estonian. So far, Oksanen has published three novels, one an international best seller and a play. She has received several awards for her literary work.-Life:Sofi Oksanen was born and...
has described him as a "true cosmopolitan with Estonian roots." He will compose an opera to Oksanen's novel Purge
Purge (novel)
Purge is a novel by Finnish-Estonian writer Sofi Oksanen, which has been translated into thirty-eight languages. Oksanen's third Finnish-language novel was published in 2008, based upon her original play of the same name, which was staged at the Finnish National Theatre in 2007...
.
Works (selection)
Works with own text marked with *- Urvaste evenings (for piano, 1987)
- Double Quartet with Piano Solo (1994)
- Winter Music (for flute and piano, 1995)
- Ristna (radiophonic work, 1996)
- The Estonian Independent * (for piano and reader, 1997)
- Northwest Bow (for chamber ensemble, 1998)
- Solo...vers la Sarabande Noire (for piano, 1998)
- Livonian Lament (radiophonic work, 2003)
- The Opposite Shore (radio-opera, 2001–2004)
- Luft-Wasser-Erde-Feuer-Luft (music for the dance-performance of Michaela Fünfhausen "Die gefiederte Schlange", 2003)
- t.i.m.e. * (for flute and electronics, 2005)
- Ecotone * (for percussion, tape and graphic text, 2007)
- Frost at Midnight * (for chamber choir and bass flute)
- Space Within * (for chamber ensemble, 2009)
- Requiem * (for flute, read text and four male voices, 2009)
- Beneath the Burial Sky * (for chamber choir, 2009)
- The Empire of May * (for chamber ensemble, 2010)