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Raimo Kangro

Raimo Kangro has been played on NTS in shows including The Windmills of Your Mind w/ Taylor Rowley, featured first on 11 March 2021. Songs played include Laul Juurviljadest. Raimo Kangro (21.09.1949 Tartu, Estonia - 04.02.2001 Ruila, Estonia) was an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Kangro became known in the 1970's when he was strongly influenced by Neo-Classicism and rock music. From the beginning his musical expression has been temperamental, impulsive and governed by powerful rhythm patterns. He studied piano at the Tartu Music School with Ene Arro and graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory in 1973 as composer under Jaan Rääts and Eino Tamberg. He...
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Raimo Kangro

Raimo Kangro has been played on NTS in shows including The Windmills of Your Mind w/ Taylor Rowley, featured first on 11 March 2021. Songs played include Laul Juurviljadest.

Raimo Kangro (21.09.1949 Tartu, Estonia - 04.02.2001 Ruila, Estonia) was an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Kangro became known in the 1970's when he was strongly influenced by Neo-Classicism and rock music. From the beginning his musical expression has been temperamental, impulsive and governed by powerful rhythm patterns.

He studied piano at the Tartu Music School with Ene Arro and graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory in 1973 as composer under Jaan Rääts and Eino Tamberg. He has worked in the Estonian Composers’ Union, since 1993 in the Estonian Music Foundation in the obligation of director. At the same time Kangro taught composition at the Estonian Academy of Music. His students have been Tõnis Kaumann, Tõnu Kõrvits.

Kangro has composed music in almost all genres from opera to children’s music. He attracted attention with his first large-scale work already – Imelugu [Marvellous Story, after the Decameron], an opera staged in 1974 in the Vanemuine Theatre in Tartu. His Concerto for 2 pianos No 1 (1979) has been played in many countries (mainly by Latvian duet Nora Novik and Raffi Haradzhanjan).

Especially fascinating part of Kangro’s output is his cycle Displays, a series of musical portraits for different chamber ensembles or chamber orchestra. The Displays date from the 1990’s being commissioned by the festivals (Arsenals in Riga 1990, Schleswig-Holstein Festival 1992, Braunschweiger Tage Für Neue Musik 1996) and the interpreters (Orkest Volharding Amsterdam). Kangro has written a lot of works for children, music for the stage included. In 1999 his musical for children Juku will be staged in the Vanemuine Theatre.

Kangro liked to experiment with unusual instrumentation. He has several times been commissioned by German mandolin virtuoso Detlef Teves to write music for mandolin and zither orchestra. One of them Plõksuv sümfoonia [Clicking Symphony] won the first prize on the national contest for mandolin orchestras in Germany. Selected works:

Operas:

Imelugu [Miraculous Story] based on Decamerone by Boccaccio (1974) Põhjaneitsi [The Maiden Of North], rock-opera in collaboration with Andres Valkonen (1980) Ohver [The Victim] after the story The Serpent by Aleksei Tolstoi (1981) Reetur [The Traitor], chamber opera (1995) Uku ja Ecu Uku and Ecu.

Symphonic music:

Lihtne sümfoonia Simple Symphony Tuuru tubasümfoonia Tuuru Chamber Symphony Plõksuv sümfoonia Clicking Symphony Sinfonia sincera (1998) Circulus quadratus for chamber orchestra (1994) Movements for zither orchestra (1996) 2 concertos for piano and orchestra (1976, 1999) 3 concertos for two pianos and orchestra (1978, 1988, 1992) Kassikontsert [Caterwauling] for piano and orchestra (1985) Concerto for guitar and orchestra (1992) Violin concerto (1976).

Vocal music with orchestra:

Missa süütult hukkunud eestlastele Mass in the Memory of Innocent Victims in Estonia Mannile [To Mann], cantata (1981) Olemine [Being], cantata (1986) Gaudeo, cantata (1987) Inimene ja … [Man and …], cantata (1991)

Chamber music:

Geomeetriline süit [Geometrical Suite] for violin and piano (1984) 4 sonatas for piano (1969, 1973, 1976, 1978) Tandem con Gioconda for violin and violoncello (1986) Sosinad [Whisperings] for saxophone quartet (1999)

Records:

Raimo Kangro (Antes), White Concerto (Concerto for guitar and orchestra)
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