Ülo Vinter (3 January 1934 in

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– 2 July 2000 in

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) was an

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n composer. In 1951 he graduated from

Tallinn Music High School Tallinn Music High School ( et, Tallinna Muusikakeskkool) is a special music high school in Tallinn, Estonia. History TMHS was founded in 1961 to ensure a sufficient number of quality applicants to the Tallinn State Conservatory (now Estonian ...

in music theory. Afterwards he graduated from

Tallinn State Conservatory The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

in composition speciality. From 1956 to 1969 he was the music editor at Estonian Radio and from 1969 to 1986 at

Eesti Telefilm Eesti Telefilm is an Estonian movie studio established in 1956. It is structural unit of Eesti Televisioon Eesti Televisioon (ETV) ( en, Estonian Television) is an Estonian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Estonian Pub ...

. He has created music for several Estonian cult films, including ''

Mehed ei nuta ''Mehed ei nuta'' ( Estonian for ''Men Don't Cry'') is a 1969 Estonian television comedy movie directed by Sulev Nõmmik and written by himself and Enn Vetemaa. Influence Together with ''Viimne reliikvia'', ''Siin me oleme!'' and ''Noor pensi ...

('Men Don't Cry''') (1968), ''

A Young Retiree ''A Young Retiree'' ( et, Noor pensionär) is a 1972 Estonian comedy film directed by Sulev Nõmmik and written by himself and Enn Vetemaa. Together with ''Viimne reliikvia'', '' Siin me oleme!'' and '' Mehed ei nuta'', ''Noor pensionär'' is on ...

'' (1972) and '' Here We Are!'' (1979). Since 1958 he was a member of

Estonian Composers' Union Estonian Composers' Union (abbeviation ECU; et, Eesti Heliloojate Liit) is an Estonian creative union which encompasses professional composers and musicologists in Estonia. The chairman of ECU is Märt-Matis Lill Märt-Matis Lill (born 6 Novemb ...

Works

* 1969: children’s musical "Pippi Longstocking" (co-author Ülo Raudmäe) * orchestral suite "Paunvere" * Paunvere (Süit Sümfooniaorkestrile) (10"), 1968 * Väiksed Nipid (LP), 1986

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vinter, Ulo 1934 births 2000 deaths Estonian film score composers 20th-century Estonian composers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni People from Tallinn