Veljo Tormis Estonia
Biography
Veljo Tormis (b. August 7, 1930) is an Estonian composer considered to be one of Estonia's most important composers of the 20th century. Internationally, his fame arises chiefly from his extensive body of choral music, which exceeds 500 individual choral songs, most of it a cappella. The great majority of these pieces are based on traditional ancient Estonian folksongs (regilaulud), either textually, melodically, or merely stylistically. His composition most often performed outside of Estonia
