For their latest recording on Alpha Classics (release date 23 June), Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland. Two nations closely connected by their history and the corridor imposed on them by 20th century occupation, which resulted in strong musical ties. Eduard Tubin is a composer whose ten symphonies [...]
Pärnu Music Festival programme EFO concerts
Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra’s album "Estonian Premieres” has been named Classical Album of the Year at the 2023 Estonian Music Awards. Featuring works by five Estonian composers, the EFO’s third album on Alpha Classics showcases the rich and vibrant talent of Estonian composers. The recording is the result of a long term [...]
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 [...]
This year’s Pärnu Music Festival will be going ahead as planned from 16 - 23 July with a re-imagined programme, a focus on both young and established Estonian talent, a celebration of Estonian composer Lepo Sumera and the world premiere of a new work by Tõnu Kõrvits. “I am ecstatic that we will be able [...]
PAAVO JÄRVI AND THE ESTONIAN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CELEBRATE THE 60TH BIRTHDAY OF A CLOSE FRIEND & COLLEAGUE "Paavo has been conducting my music since the beginning of the 1990’s. He has recorded three portrait albums of my music, has been the initiator of many works and conducted a large number of world premieres." ERKKI-SVEN [...]
Join the EFO in their first concert at this year's Pärnu Festival, with cello soloist Truls Mørk. Erkki-Sven Tüür: L’ombra della croce Antonin Dvorak: Cello concerto Kristjan Järvi: Korale for 80 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No 1 Soloist Truls Mørk (cello) Buy tickets here
The EFO brings the Pärnu Festival to a close where they are joined by bass singer Ain Anger. Erkki-Sven Tüür: Sow the wind Modest Mussorgski: Songs and dances of death Pjotr Tchaikovsky: Gremin’s aria Pjotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 Soloist Ain Anger (bass) Buy tickets here [...]