Järvi family launches new classical music festival in hometown Pärnu, July 27, 2012
New classical music Järvi festival, organised second year by the globally renowned Estonian conductors Paavo Järvi (49) and his father Neeme Järvi (75) that was opened in Estonian coastal resort town Pärnu on Thursday and will last until August 2, aims to become a new summer tradition for European classical music fans.
"Pärnu is the town where our grandmother lived and where we spent together with my sister Maarika who is flutist and brother Kristjan who is also conductor all our childhood summers until we managed to emigrate to West from USSR in 1980. I have tried to come back for holiday to Pärnu and this festival is kind of gratitude to our childhood," Paavo Järvi told AFP on Friday.
"There are many other outstanding Estonian musicians working abroad so I hope this festival will become a place where we all can meet and on the other hand we can all spend time with the top musicians we have met and worked with globally," he added.
Paavo Järvi is currently chief conductor of Orchestre de Paris, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and was recently announced to become also chief conductor of the Japanese leading NHK Symphony in 2015.
"Around 300 musicians from dozen countries, most from Germany, US, UK and France perform at the festival concerts," festival spokesperson Elis Vesik told AFP on Friday.
"We also have 21 young conductors from several countries attending the Järvi Academy and learning conducting from both maestros," she added.
The Järvi Festival gala concert on Saturday has outstanding list of several well known musicians - Mate Szücs (viola, Berlin Philharmonics, Germany), Florian Donderer (violin, Germany), Fritz Pahlmann (horn, Gremany), Matthew Hunt (clarinet, England), Sophia Rahman (piano, England) Gunilla Süssmann (piano, Norway), Jason Calloway (cello, USA), Ulrike Danhofer (violin Austria) etc.
The Sunday concert stars are Estonian soprano Anneli Peebo from Vienna Volksoper and Estonian pianists Kalle Randalu and his son Kristjan Randalu.
The closing concert of the festival on August 2, 2012 will mark the 75th birthday of Neeme Järvi whose actual birthday was already on June 7 when all the family members were still involved with their musical work obligations in various states.
Estonia's new classic music festival hits high note (bit shorter version on AFP wire)
TALLINN, July 27, 2012 (AFP) - Estonia's new Jarvi Summer Festival of classical music kicked off this week promising to draw some 300 musicians from over a dozen countries to the Baltic coast city of Parnu in the south.
The festival was founded last year under the baton of globally renowned Estonian conductors Paavo Jarvi and his father Neeme Jarvi.
"Parnu is the town where our grandmother lived," Paavo Jarvi told AFP on Friday. "I have tried to come back for holiday to Parnu and this festival is kind of ode to our childhood," he added.
"Around 300 musicians from over a dozen countries, including Germany, the US, Britain and France will perform here this year," festival spokesperson Elis Vesik told AFP.
"We also have 21 young conductors attending the associated Jarvi Academy to learn with both maestros," she added.
Paavo Jarvi is currently chief conductor of the Orchestre de Paris, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and was recently announced to become also chief conductor of Japan's leading NHK Symphony in 2015.
The festival's gala concert on Saturday has an outstanding list of well-known musicians including viola player Mate Szuecs, violinist Florian Donderer and French horn player Fritz Pahlmann, all from Germany.
England's Matthew Hunt will play clarinet alongside compatriot pianist Sophia Rahman. The concert will also feature Norway's Gunilla Suessmann on piano, American Jason Calloway on cello and Austrian Ulrike Danhofer on violin.
Sunday's concert stars are Estonian soprano Anneli Peebo from Vienna Volksoper and Estonian pianists Kalle Randalu and his son Kristjan Randalu.
The festival runs July 26 to August 2.
Check also Järvi Festival homepage HERE
"Il y a de nombreux musiciens estoniens remarquables qui travaillent à l'étranger et j'espère que ce festival va devenir un lieu où on va pouvoir tous se retrouver", a déclaré vendredi à l'AFP Paavo Järvi, qui dirige notamment l'Orchestre de Paris.
Quelque 300 musiciens d'une douzaine de pays, notamment d'Allemagne, des Etats-Unis, de Grande-Bretagne et de France, participent cette année à ce festival, du 26 juillet au 2 août.
"Nous attendons aussi 21 jeunes chefs de différents pays qui ont suivi l'Académie Järvi et les enseignements des deux maestros", a précisé Elis Vesik, porte-parole du festival.
"Parnu, c'est la ville où a vécu ma grand-mère et où nous avons passé tous nos été avec ma soeur, Maarika, flûtiste, et mon frère, Kristjan, également chef d'orchestre, avant de quitter l'URSS pour émigrer à l'ouest en 1980", a expliqué Paavo Järvi.
"J'ai voulu revenir à Parnu et ce festival est une forme de gratitude envers notre enfance", a-t-il ajouté.
Le concert de clôture le 2 août sera l'occasion de fêter avec un peu de retard le 75e anniversaire de Neeme Järvi. Il est né le 7 juin, mais les divers membres de cette famille de musiciens, pris par leurs obligations à l'étranger, n'ont pu se réunir plus tôt.
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You will get to Classical Radio channel from Tallinn clicking the headline of that article, but you need to know a bit Estonian to find you way there. So here are few tips:
LIVE from Tallinn : To listen concerts LIVE pick the month first in the calendar located below the word "Kontserdiülekanded", then pick the date, look the time (and find out you know what is the time difference between your local time and time in Estonia). On date and time selected click "Kuula reaalajas" thats right and at top on the site and then choose whether you use Windows Media or Real Audio. Account they say some introduction words in Estonian before the concert starts.
LISTEN RECENT TALLINN CONCERTS FROM ARCHIVE: For that find first on right words "kuula saadete arhiivi", then click it and next find at the site words "Täna kontserdisaalis". You will get a list of some recent concerts in Tallinn that you can listen from archive. Account again they say some introduction words in Estonian before the concerts start.
New classical music Järvi festival, organised second year by the globally renowned Estonian conductors Paavo Järvi (49) and his father Neeme Järvi (75) that was opened in Estonian coastal resort town Pärnu on Thursday and will last until August 2, aims to become a new summer tradition for European classical music fans.
"Pärnu is the town where our grandmother lived and where we spent together with my sister Maarika who is flutist and brother Kristjan who is also conductor all our childhood summers until we managed to emigrate to West from USSR in 1980. I have tried to come back for holiday to Pärnu and this festival is kind of gratitude to our childhood," Paavo Järvi told AFP on Friday.
"There are many other outstanding Estonian musicians working abroad so I hope this festival will become a place where we all can meet and on the other hand we can all spend time with the top musicians we have met and worked with globally," he added.
Paavo Järvi is currently chief conductor of Orchestre de Paris, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and was recently announced to become also chief conductor of the Japanese leading NHK Symphony in 2015.
"Around 300 musicians from dozen countries, most from Germany, US, UK and France perform at the festival concerts," festival spokesperson Elis Vesik told AFP on Friday.
"We also have 21 young conductors from several countries attending the Järvi Academy and learning conducting from both maestros," she added.
The Järvi Festival gala concert on Saturday has outstanding list of several well known musicians - Mate Szücs (viola, Berlin Philharmonics, Germany), Florian Donderer (violin, Germany), Fritz Pahlmann (horn, Gremany), Matthew Hunt (clarinet, England), Sophia Rahman (piano, England) Gunilla Süssmann (piano, Norway), Jason Calloway (cello, USA), Ulrike Danhofer (violin Austria) etc.
The Sunday concert stars are Estonian soprano Anneli Peebo from Vienna Volksoper and Estonian pianists Kalle Randalu and his son Kristjan Randalu.
The closing concert of the festival on August 2, 2012 will mark the 75th birthday of Neeme Järvi whose actual birthday was already on June 7 when all the family members were still involved with their musical work obligations in various states.
Estonia's new classic music festival hits high note (bit shorter version on AFP wire)
TALLINN, July 27, 2012 (AFP) - Estonia's new Jarvi Summer Festival of classical music kicked off this week promising to draw some 300 musicians from over a dozen countries to the Baltic coast city of Parnu in the south.
The festival was founded last year under the baton of globally renowned Estonian conductors Paavo Jarvi and his father Neeme Jarvi.
"Parnu is the town where our grandmother lived," Paavo Jarvi told AFP on Friday. "I have tried to come back for holiday to Parnu and this festival is kind of ode to our childhood," he added.
"Around 300 musicians from over a dozen countries, including Germany, the US, Britain and France will perform here this year," festival spokesperson Elis Vesik told AFP.
"We also have 21 young conductors attending the associated Jarvi Academy to learn with both maestros," she added.
Paavo Jarvi is currently chief conductor of the Orchestre de Paris, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and was recently announced to become also chief conductor of Japan's leading NHK Symphony in 2015.
The festival's gala concert on Saturday has an outstanding list of well-known musicians including viola player Mate Szuecs, violinist Florian Donderer and French horn player Fritz Pahlmann, all from Germany.
England's Matthew Hunt will play clarinet alongside compatriot pianist Sophia Rahman. The concert will also feature Norway's Gunilla Suessmann on piano, American Jason Calloway on cello and Austrian Ulrike Danhofer on violin.
Sunday's concert stars are Estonian soprano Anneli Peebo from Vienna Volksoper and Estonian pianists Kalle Randalu and his son Kristjan Randalu.
The festival runs July 26 to August 2.
Check also Järvi Festival homepage HERE
Retrouvailles en Estonie de la famille Järvi pour son Festival d'été
TALLINN (Estonie), 27 juil 2012 (AFP) - Le chef d'orchestre
américano-estonien Paavo Järvi et son père, le chef estonien Neeme
Järvi, ont lancé la deuxième édition de leur festival d'été dans leur
ville natale de Parnu (sud-ouest de Tallinn), avec l'espoir d'en faire
une destination traditionnelle pour les fans de musique classique.
"Il y a de nombreux musiciens estoniens remarquables qui travaillent à l'étranger et j'espère que ce festival va devenir un lieu où on va pouvoir tous se retrouver", a déclaré vendredi à l'AFP Paavo Järvi, qui dirige notamment l'Orchestre de Paris.
Quelque 300 musiciens d'une douzaine de pays, notamment d'Allemagne, des Etats-Unis, de Grande-Bretagne et de France, participent cette année à ce festival, du 26 juillet au 2 août.
"Nous attendons aussi 21 jeunes chefs de différents pays qui ont suivi l'Académie Järvi et les enseignements des deux maestros", a précisé Elis Vesik, porte-parole du festival.
"Parnu, c'est la ville où a vécu ma grand-mère et où nous avons passé tous nos été avec ma soeur, Maarika, flûtiste, et mon frère, Kristjan, également chef d'orchestre, avant de quitter l'URSS pour émigrer à l'ouest en 1980", a expliqué Paavo Järvi.
"J'ai voulu revenir à Parnu et ce festival est une forme de gratitude envers notre enfance", a-t-il ajouté.
Le concert de clôture le 2 août sera l'occasion de fêter avec un peu de retard le 75e anniversaire de Neeme Järvi. Il est né le 7 juin, mais les divers membres de cette famille de musiciens, pris par leurs obligations à l'étranger, n'ont pu se réunir plus tôt.
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You will get to Classical Radio channel from Tallinn clicking the headline of that article, but you need to know a bit Estonian to find you way there. So here are few tips:
LIVE from Tallinn : To listen concerts LIVE pick the month first in the calendar located below the word "Kontserdiülekanded", then pick the date, look the time (and find out you know what is the time difference between your local time and time in Estonia). On date and time selected click "Kuula reaalajas" thats right and at top on the site and then choose whether you use Windows Media or Real Audio. Account they say some introduction words in Estonian before the concert starts.
LISTEN RECENT TALLINN CONCERTS FROM ARCHIVE: For that find first on right words "kuula saadete arhiivi", then click it and next find at the site words "Täna kontserdisaalis". You will get a list of some recent concerts in Tallinn that you can listen from archive. Account again they say some introduction words in Estonian before the concerts start.
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