14 Facts About Eduard Tubin

Later, his father swapped a cow for a piano, and the young Eduard Tubin soon became known in the village for his playing.

Eduard Tubin entered the Tartu Teacher's College in the newly independent Estonia in 1920.

Eduard Tubin married a fellow student, Linda Pirn, in 1930 and their son Rein was born in 1932.

Eduard Tubin remained in Sweden and became a Swedish citizen in 1961, although he did visit Estonia on occasions.

Eduard Tubin was offered work at the historical Drottningholm Palace Theatre restoring old operas.

Towards the end of his life, Eduard Tubin slowly began to gain recognition, particularly after the conductor Neeme Jarvi, an Estonian, escaped to the United States in 1980.

Eduard Tubin received several Swedish music awards and was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Eduard Tubin often used Estonian folk music in his works, for instance in the Sinfonietta on Estonian motifs.

In 1938 Eduard Tubin had visited the Estonian island of Hiiumaa to collect folk songs.

Eduard Tubin was a very good orchestrator, and this can be heard particularly in the Third and Fourth symphonies.

The shift to a less nationalistic and more international style came after Eduard Tubin had fled Estonia to Sweden.

Eduard Tubin is perhaps not better known because of his displacement.

Eduard Tubin is gaining recognition particularly for his later symphonies and the Second Piano Sonata, which are recognised as masterpieces.

The International Eduard Tubin Society was founded in Estonia in 2000.