Heino Eller's composition 'Kodumaine viis' ('Homeland tune') became a significant symbol of national identity under Soviet occupation, comparable in importance to Jean Sibelius's 'Finlandia'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Heino Eller was an exclusively instrumental composer, a notable fact in Estonian music, which has a strong choral tradition celebrated in National Song Festivals.
Instruments
Baiba Skride performs on the Yfrah Neaman Stradivarius, which is kindly loaned to her by the Neaman family through the Beare's International Violin Society.
Composer Biography
Heino Eller is considered one of the founders of Estonian professional musical culture, known for his instrumental compositions and for influencing generations of Estonian composers as a professor.
Critical Reception
During the Stalinist repressions, Heino Eller was labeled the 'leading formalist' and forced to renounce his own music, but by the 1960s, he was uniformly lauded as the patriarch of Estonian music.
Performer Biography
Baiba Skride, the violinist on this album, was born into a musical Latvian family and won the 1st prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2001.
Performer Biography
The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ENSO), featured on this album, is the longest continually operating professional orchestra in Estonia, with a history dating back to 1926.
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