TOUR SCHEDULE Wed, 31 Aug Concert 1: Sibelius Hall, Lahti Sat, 3 Sep Concert 2: Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall Sun, 4 Sep Concert 3: Tongyeong Concert Hall Mon, 5 Sep Concert 4: Gyeonggi Arts Center PROGRAMME Programme 1 (Lahti) SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen Suite SIBELIUS: Symphony No. [...]
TOUR LOCATIONS September 2022 Sat 3 Concert 1: Seoul Arts Centre (progamme 1) Sun 4 Concert 2: Tongyeong International Music Foundation (progamme 1) Mon 5 Concert 3: Gyeonggi Arts Centre (progamme 2) PROGRAMME Programme 1: PÄRT: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten BRAHMS: Double concerto for [...]
Congratulations to Erkki-Sven Tüür, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra for winning this year’s Contemporary Music “Diapason d’or” France’s Diapason Magazine has selected the best CDs of 2020 and singled 17 of them out as the “Diapason d’or de l’année” The Estonian Festival Orchestra’s recording of works by Erkki-Sven Tüür on Alpha Classics has taken first [...]
TOUR LOCATIONS April 2019 Thu 25 Concert 1: Hamamatsu Act City Concert Hall (prog 1) Fri 26 Concert 2: Harmony Hall, Fukui (prog 1) Sat 27 Concert 3: Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya (prog 1) Sun 28 Concert 4: Osaka Festival Hall (prog 2) Mon 29 Concert 5: Hiroshima Bunka [...]
On 13 August – immediately following this year’s Pärnu Music Festival where “unanticipated miracles happen every summer in the quiet paradise of Estonia’s seaside capital” (theartsdesk) and “a tranquil bathing place is making a world career” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) - Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra travelled to London to make history with the ensemble’s debut at the BBC Proms. The special [...]
TOUR SCHEDULE Mon 13 Concert 1: London, Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms) Wed 15 Concert 2: Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie PROGRAMME PÄRT: Symphony No. 3 GRIEG: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16 Interval SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 [...]
TOUR LOCATIONS Thu 18 Concert 1: Brussels (prog 1) Sat 20 Concert 2: Zurich (prog 2) Sun 21 Concert 3: Cologne (prog 3) Mon 22 Concert 4: Berlin (prog 2) Tue 23 Concert 5: Vienna (prog 2) Wed 24 Concert 6: Luxembourg (prog 3) [...]
In 2011, Paavo Järvi founded the Pärnu Music Festival, set in the charming sea-side resort 90km south of Tallinn, and created the Estonian Festival Orchestra as the festival’s main resident ensemble. The hand-picked orchestra brings together the best of Estonian talent, along with leading musicians from Europe’s top orchestras which Järvi met during his conducting career. After [...]