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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]