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Mari Vihmand was born in 1967 in Tartu, Estonia. In 1986-1990 she studied composition for B.M. at the Estonian Academy of Music with Prof.Eino Tamberg, and after further studies with Prof. Lepo Sumera received Master's degree in 1997. Parallel to her studies in Tallinn, Mari Vihmand in 1995-97 pursued her work as student of composition in Lyon, France, with Gilbert Amy and Philippe Manoury.
Most of her works belong to chamber music, but there are also some orchestral pieces, choir music and children's songs. Her musical style could be characterised as having a restrainedly lyrical, and freshly sentimental quality. "I'm trying to find a balance between intellectual constructions and a highly emotional expression", she says.
In 1995 she received the Estonian National Cultural Prize for her Chamber opera "A Story of Glass". In 1996 "Floreo" for symphony orchestra won First Prize at the UNESCO-sponsored contest "International Rostrum of Composers" in Paris, in the category of composers under 30 years of age.
(http://www.zzz.ee/edition49/composers/m_vihmand/index.htm)
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