
PAAVO JÄRVI & ESTONIAN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA TO OPEN NEW YORK’S CARNEGIE HALL ARVO PÄRT 90TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
On 23 October the Estonian Festival Orchestra makes its New York debut leading Carnegie Hall’s 90th birthday tribute to Arvo Pärt. Joining the orchestra and Paavo Järvi on stage are violinists Midori and Hans Christian Aavik, composer-pianist Nico Muhly, director Tõnu Kaljuste and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
The Carnegie Hall programme traces Pärt’s extraordinary musical evolution through iconic works including Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, Perpetuum mobile, La Sindone, Adam’s Lament, Tabula Rasa, Frates, Swansong and Credo.
This Autumn Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra also perform at the Vienna Konzerthaus (18.10), Zürich Tonhalle (19.10) and Hamburg Elbphilharmonie (20.10) in programmes dedicated to Arvo Pärt.
Read more on Carnegie Hall’s website

PAAVO JÄRVI & ESTONIAN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA TO OPEN NEW YORK’S CARNEGIE HALL ARVO PÄRT 90TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
On 23 October the Estonian Festival Orchestra makes its New York debut leading Carnegie Hall’s 90th birthday tribute to Arvo Pärt. Joining the orchestra and Paavo Järvi on stage are violinists Midori and Hans Christian Aavik, composer-pianist Nico Muhly, director Tõnu Kaljuste and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
The Carnegie Hall programme traces Pärt’s extraordinary musical evolution through iconic works including Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, Perpetuum mobile, La Sindone, Adam’s Lament, Tabula Rasa, Frates, Swansong and Credo.
This Autumn Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra also perform at the Vienna Konzerthaus (18.10), Zürich Tonhalle (19.10) and Hamburg Elbphilharmonie (20.10) in programmes dedicated to Arvo Pärt.
Read more on Carnegie Hall’s website
ESTONIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2025: CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR GOES TO “SHIP OF FOOLS”
Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra’s recording Ship of Fools, has won Classical Album of the Year at the prestigious Estonian Music Awards (EMA) – Estonia’s equivalent to the Grammys. The recording is dedicated to new works by Jüri Reinevere, all premièred and recorded at the Pärnu Music Festival.
2025 PÄRNU MUSIC FESTIVAL
16 – 25 JULY
The 2025 Pärnu Music Festival pays tribute to Arvo Pärt on his 90th birthday and celebrates the festival’s 15th edition in Estonia’s Summer Capital. Paavo Järvi conducts the Estonian Festival Orchestra in four concerts all featuring works by Arvo Pärt, including Silhouette – dedicated to and premiered by Paavo and the Orchestre de Paris in 2015 at the opening concert of the Paris Philharmonie
Read more on Pärnu Music Festival’s homepage
KRATT – EXPLORING ESTONIA’S MUSICAL LINKS TO POLAND
For their fourth recording on Alpha Classics, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland, two nations closely connected by their history. Eduard Tubin’s Suite from the ballet Kratt (Goblin) is coupled with Witold Lutosławski’s Musique funèbre and Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for String Orchestra.
Read more on Alpha Classics’s homepage
ESTONIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2025: CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR GOES TO “SHIP OF FOOLS”
Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra’s recording Ship of Fools, has won Classical Album of the Year at the prestigious Estonian Music Awards (EMA) – Estonia’s equivalent to the Grammys. The recording is dedicated to new works by Jüri Reinevere, all premièred and recorded at the Pärnu Music Festival.
2025 PÄRNU MUSIC FESTIVAL
16 – 25 JULY
The 2025 Pärnu Music Festival pays tribute to Arvo Pärt on his 90th birthday and celebrates the festival’s 15th edition in Estonia’s Summer Capital. Paavo Järvi conducts the Estonian Festival Orchestra in four concerts all featuring works by Arvo Pärt, including Silhouette – dedicated to and premiered by Paavo and the Orchestre de Paris in 2015 at the opening concert of the Paris Philharmonie
Read more on Pärnu Music Festival’s homepage
KRATT – EXPLORING ESTONIA’S MUSICAL LINKS TO POLAND
For their fourth recording on Alpha Classics, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland, two nations closely connected by their history. Eduard Tubin’s Suite from the ballet Kratt (Goblin) is coupled with Witold Lutosławski’s Musique funèbre and Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for String Orchestra.
Read more on Alpha Classics’s homepage
