[2] Tüür left In Spe to concentrate on composition, and with the advent of perestroika soon found an audience in the west.

[3] The Helsinki Philharmonic, the Hilliard Ensemble, the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra are among those who have commissioned works from him.

[2] His music is characterized by expressive, energetic,[7] organic amalgamation of opposite styles: tonality vs. atonality; repetitive rhythm vs. complex rhythm; meditation vs. explosive power; intellectual vs.

[7] He compares this compositional method with a source code, a germ that grows,[10] or a gene that mutates.

[2][11] Starting point of the composition process is an abstract drawing, that visualizes the music.