Composer, ECU member since 2025Born on 07.11.1996
Pille-Riin Tipp’s music is inspired by natural landscapes and synesthesia. As a synesthete, she combines musical sounds with the colours that emerge in her imagination. Choral music forms the largest part of her creative output.
Pille-Riin Tipp (née Langeproon, until 2024) began her musical education in piano at Tallinn Music School under the guidance of Riina Maandi, graduating in 2013. From 2016 to 2019, she pursued a bachelor’s degree in sound engineering at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, where her teachers included Mart Siimer (composition), Professor René Eespere (choral composition), and Professor Margo Kõlar and Mait Visnapuu (sound engineering). In 2021, she completed her master’s degree in sound engineering at the same institution under the supervision of Siim Mäesalu.
Major Works and Artistic Achievements
- 2019 – Her work for women’s choir, Kunas tulõ päivä kullalinõ (When Will the Golden Day Come), received an honourable mention in the Song Festival New Songs Competition and was published in the Song Festival songbook.
- 2019 – Viire takka for women’s choir, small Estonian zither (väikekannel) and chromatic Estonian zither (kannel) was performed at the Järva County Song Festival.
- 2021 – Helise metsa (Resound, Forest), commissioned for the anniversary of the Tallinn University of Technology Chamber Choir.
- 2023 – Sound design for the Estonian Drama Theatre production Sammud (Steps).
- 2024 – Finalist in the female composers’ competition organised by Voces Tallinn with the mixed choir work Kauge kuningate hääl (The Distant Voice of Kings).
- 2024 – Improvisatsioon õhtupunastel (Improvisation on the Evening Glow) for string orchestra.
- 2026 – Release of her debut album Kahe maailma vahel (Between Two Worlds), featuring new music for women’s and mixed choirs.
- 2026 – Laulud puude ladvus (Songs in the Treetops), a large-scale work for women’s choir and string orchestra.