PÄRNU MUSIC FESTIVAL 8–18 JULY 2026
For the 16th year in a row, we invite you to one of the major highlights of the music world – the Pärnu Music Festival. For two weeks, Estonia’s summer capital becomes one of the most important stages in the global music scene, as Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra – considered by many to be among the world’s finest orchestras – present five concerts to audiences. For the first time this year, the festival programme also includes a concert of young talents, featuring three rising stars of the music world.
PÄRNU MUSIC FESTIVAL 8–18 JULY 2026
For the 16th year in a row, we invite you to one of the major highlights of the music world – the Pärnu Music Festival. For two weeks, Estonia’s summer capital becomes one of the most important stages in the global music scene, as Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra – considered by many to be among the world’s finest orchestras – present five concerts to audiences. For the first time this year, the festival programme also includes a concert of young talents, featuring three rising stars of the music world.
CREDO – ALPHA CLASSICS RUSH-RELEASE NEW RECORDING FOR ARVO PÄRT’S 90TH BIRTHDAY
Credo is the title of Paavo Järvi’s new recording with the Estonian Festival Orchestra, recorded live at this summer’s Pärnu Music Festival and featuring ten of Arvo Pärt’s iconic works, including the world premiere recording of Silouette, dedicated to and premiered by Paavo Järvi in 2010 and Credo, the work famously premiered by his father Neeme, in 1968. The album will be released on 5 September by Alpha Classics, just in time for Pärt’s 90th birthday on 11 September .
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.
CREDO – ALPHA CLASSICS RUSH-RELEASE NEW RECORDING FOR ARVO PÄRT’S 90TH BIRTHDAY
Credo is the title of Paavo Järvi’s new recording with the Estonian Festival Orchestra, recorded live at this summer’s Pärnu Music Festival and featuring ten of Arvo Pärt’s iconic works, including the world premiere recording of Silouette, dedicated to and premiered by Paavo Järvi in 2010 and Credo, the work famously premiered by his father Neeme, in 1968. The album will be released on 5 September by Alpha Classics, just in time for Pärt’s 90th birthday on 11 September .
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.
