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Tulve, Helena (b. 1972, Tartu). Estonian composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Ms. Tulve studied composition with Erkki-Sven Tüür at the Estonian Academy of Music in Tallinn from 1989-92 and with Jacques Charpentier at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris from 1992-94, where she earned a premier prix. There she also studied Gregorian chant and traditional music from 1993-96. In addition, she attended the annual Cursus de Composition et Informatique Musicale at IRCAM in 2001.
Her honors include two prizes at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (recommendation in the Under-30 category, 1998, for à travers; selected work, 2004, for Sula – Thaw) and the Heino Eller Composition Prize (2000, for Sula). Her music has been performed in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, the UK, and the USA, including at the Warsaw Autumn (2001), MaerzMusik in Berlin (2003) and Klangspuren in Schwaz/Tirol (2003) festivals.
Ms. Tulve served as composer-in-residence to the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in 2001-02.
She has lectured on composition at the Estonian Academy of Music since 2000.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: helena@voxclamantis.ee
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: It Is Getting So Dark (chamber opera, libretto by Sei Shonagon [translated by Ian Morris]), female chorus (+ percussion), flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), French horn, harp, viola, double bass, percussion, film ad libitum (by Anu Lamp, Tarvo Hanno Varres), 2003-04
ORCHESTRAL: à travers, small orchestra (12 players), 1998; Sinine, small orchestra (14 players), 1998; Sula, didgeridoo, large orchestra (89 players), 1999
CHAMBER MUSIC: Phainomenon, piano, celesta, marimba, CD, 1989-90; Lethe, flute, oboe, clarinet, cello, piano, 1991; Saar – Island, clarinet, violin, 1993; Öö – Night, 4 saxophones, 1997; Passage secret, 2 clarinets, 1999; Traces, amplified ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, baritone saxophone, violin, double bass, percussion), 2001; Cendres, amplified ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, 2 pianos, 2 percussion), 2001; Valvaja – Watcher, oboe, 2002; lumineux/opaque, violin, cello, piano (all + wine glass), 2002; Abysses, piccolo (+ flute, alto flute, bass flute), ensemble (piccolo [+ flute, alto flute], oboe, bassoon, trombone, viola, cello, percussion), 2003; effleurements, éclatements..., guitar, percussion, 2003; nec ros, nec pluvia..., string quartet, 2004; ...il neige, kannel (Estonian zither), harpsichord, 2004
CHORAL: Exodus (texts by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio [translated by Kristiina Ross], Liis Kolle, the Bible), mixed chorus, 1992-93; Vie secrète (text by Pascal Quignard), mixed chorus, 2002
VOCAL: Sõnajalad – Ferns (text by Karl Ristikivi), female voice, piano, 1994; Ithaque (text by Tõnu Õnnepalu [translated by Antoine Chalvin]), female voice, violin, piano, 2000; Lijnen (text by Roland Jooris), soprano (+ sleigh bells, triangle), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (+ sandpaper blocks), French horn (+ sandpaper blocks), violin, viola, cello (+ rainstick), double bass (+ finger cymbals), 2003
PIANO: Vertige, 2000
HARPSICHORD: Sans titre, 1999
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Delta, 2-track tape, 2003
(Last updated on June 16, 2004)
