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
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. [...]
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 [...]
EFO concerts at Pärnu Music Festival
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 [...]
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 [...]