Lepo Sumera (8 May 1950 - 2 June 2000) was an Estonian composer and teacher. Considered one of Estonia's most renowned composers along with Heino Eller and Arvo Pärt, he was also his country's Minister of Culture from 1988 to 1992 during the days of the Singing Revolution.
Today me listened to his music for the first time. Me says: kewl.
Cello Concerto is really amazing. It may sound strange, but it reminded me of... Sibelius.
Piano concerto is not so good - piano parts are too simplistic for my taste. Sumera has a lot to do with minimalism, but I wouldn't call him minimalist in general. His concerto though, is rather minimalist work and though it has exciting moments in second movement... well, I just hope he can do better.
In Symphony No. 6 he again sounded like Sibelius to me. Diffrent style and technics, but spirit is almost the same. It's cold, fresh music that gives you similiar experiencesto wind, however abstract it sounds.