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” (thearts​desk) 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 [...]