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.
Concerts
Saturday, July 19 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Paavo Järvi
Kalev Kuljus (oboe)
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Arvo Pärt (1935) – La Sindone (2005)
Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959) – Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra ‘Desert Wind’ (2024) (Estonian premiere)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Silhouette (2009)
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) – Suite from the ballet Firebird (1910)
Sunday, July 20 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Paavo Järvi
Hans Christian Aavik and Mari Poll (violins)
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Elis Hallik (1986) – Oriri (premiere)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Tabula rasa (1977)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Silhouette (2009)
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) – Suite from the ballet Firebird (1910)
Thursday, July 24 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Paavo Järvi
Iveta Apkalna (organ)
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Swansong (2013)
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) – Organ Concerto in G minor (1938)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Für Lennart in memoriam (2006)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92 (1812)
Friday, July 25 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Paavo Järvi
Vilde Frang (violin)
Estonian National Male Choir
Girls’ Choir Ellerhein
Alisson Kruusmaa (1992) – Valse lente (premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 (1806)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92 (1812)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Credo (1968)