(b. 1972, Tartu).
Estonian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Ms. Tulve studied composition with Erkki-Sven Tüür at the Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia – Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre 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 and where she also studied Gregorian chant and traditional music from 1993–96.
Among her honours include two prizes at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (recommendation in the category Under-30, 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, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.
She served as composer-in-residence to the Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor – Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in 2001–02.
She has lectured on composition at the Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia since 2000.
Her primary publisher is Edition Peters.
In addition to the works listed below, she has composed didactic music, film scores and incidental music.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
It Is Getting So Dark (chamber opera, libretto by Sei Shōnagon [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
Maa ja taeva vahel (dance music), small orchestra (percussion, strings), 2015
ORCHESTRAL:
à travers, small orchestra (12 players), 1998
Sinine, small orchestra (14 players), 1998
Sula, didgeridoo (wind instrument from Australia), large orchestra (89 players), 1999
Extinction des choses vues, large orchestra, 2007
Hõbevalge, violin, string orchestra, 2007–08 (also longer version for flute, string orchestra, 2013)
Anastatica, orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, percussion, strings), 2011
Hingamisveele, string orchestra, 2011
L'Ombre derrière toi, soprano viol, tenor viol, viola da gamba, string orchestra, 2011
Mäena vaikin ma paljust – Being Mountain I Remain Silent, orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 percussion, strings), 2013
Südamaa, piano, orchestra (8 winds, 7 brass, harp, 3 percussion, strings), 2012–14
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Phainomenon, piano (+ synthesizer), celesta, marimba, tam-tam, fixed media, 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 (also version for clarinet, cello, piano [all + wine glass], 2004)
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 (zither from Estonia), harpsichord, 2004
Lendajad – Soarers, 2 piccolos (1st + flute, alto flute, 2nd + flute, bass flute), 2005
ligne d'horizon, flute (+ piccolo), oboe, clarinet, harp, guitar, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 2005
stream 1, flute (+ piccolo, bass flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, 2006
Silmajad, 3 kannel, 2006 (also version for harp, kannel, harpsichord, 2009; version as Silmaja, kannel, 2006)
les nuages parfois, 4 recorders, 2009
stream 2, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2009 (also version as stream 2a, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, 2009–10; version as stream 2b, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2011)
To Night-Travellers, the Light, cello, piano, 2009
Ma kuulsin sind laulmas – I Heard You Singing, 3 percussion, 2010
Where the Two Seas Meet?, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, guitar, mandolin, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 2010
Nagu jõgi mere poole, saxophone, piano, 2011
Pulss, mõõn ja voolamine, bass flute, piano, 2012
Rimlands, clarinet, cello, piano, 2012
Und von liehte vinster, bassoon, string quartet, 2012
kõrgemale kui hing võib loota või meel varjata – higher than the soul can hope and mind can hide, 2 violins, 2015
Every Spark Is Numbered I. Two Seas, santur (hammered dulcimer from the Middle East), ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello), 2015
Le Reflet du reflet – Hommage à Pierre Boulez, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2015
Languse ööl, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2015
Iga säde on arvel II. Loori varjus – Every Spark Is Numbered II. Behind the Veil, harp, kannel, harpsichord, 2015
Every Spark Is Numbered III. Río abajo Río, violin, viola, cello, harpsichord, 2016
CHORAL:
Exodus (texts by J. M. G. Le Clézio [translated by Kristiina Ross], Liis Kolle, the Bible), 2 sopranos, 16 mixed voices, 1992–93
Vie secrète (text by Pascal Quignard), 12 mixed voices, 2002
Reyah hadas'ala – Arise, The Perfume of Myrtles (text by Shalom Shabazi), 2 sopranos/2 countertenors, male chorus, soprano recorder (+ soprano pommer, bass recorder), alto recorder (+ tenor recorder, dulcian), bass trombone (+ trombone), violin, soprano viola da gamba (+ tenor viola da gamba, bass viol), bass viol (+ violone), positive organ, 2005
Arboles lloran por lluvia (text from a traditional source in Ladino), soprano, countertenor, male chorus (+ sandpaper blocks), nyckelharpa, 2006
I Am a River (text by Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī [translated by Nevit O. Ergin]), mixed chorus, 2009
Lost (texts by David Wagoner, Walt Whitman, E. E. Cummings), mixed chorus, 2014
See algab (text by Maarja Pärtna), mixed chorus, 2015
Selline on õite tarkus (text by Maarja Pärtna), mixed chorus, 2016
In Silence (text by Thomas Merton), trumpet ad libitum, mixed chorus, 2016
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
In a nakht fun yeridah (text by Jacob Glatstein), soprano, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, accordion, percussion, 2006
silences / larmes (text from Mother Immaculata Astre), soprano, oboe, tuned glasses (+ mother-of-pearl wind chimes), 2006
L'Équinoxe de l'âme (text by Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi [translated by Henry Corbin]), soprano, Baroque harp, string quartet, 2008
North Wind, South Wind (texts from the Song of Solomon, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī [English translation]), female voice, flute, kannel, cello, 2010
Mondnacht (text by Joseph von Eichendorff), soprano, kannel, 2010
Salt (texts by Maarja Kangro, the composer, Tarvo Hanno Varres), soprano, 2 percussion, 2011
Stella matutina (text from a source in Latin), voice, prepared piano, 2012
Sinna otsime teed tagasi (text by Ernst Enno), mezzo-soprano, flute (+ alto flute, bass flute), string quartet, 2014
Ole tervitatud, Maarja! (text from a traditional prayer from Estonia), voice, 2015
PIANO:
Vertige, 2000
Three Songs, 2008
Laula mulle õitsvast puust, 2013
HARPSICHORD:
Sans titre, 1999
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
Delta, fixed media (2 tracks), 2003