Pass the baton: Järvi Academy's conducting relay

Por Mark Pullinger, 21 julio 2019

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“Taavi Oramo... got the orchestra to dance, bringing wonderful luminosity to the string sound”

Crítica hecha desde Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu el 20 julio 2019

Mägi, Bukoolika (Bucolic)

Honegger, Symphony no. 3, "Liturgique"

Bruch, Concerto for Clarinet (or Violin) and Viola in E minor, Op.88

Mozart, Sinfonía núm. 38 en re mayor, "Praga", K504

Sibelius, Andante festivo

Triin Ruubel, Violín

Mari Adachi, Viola

Järvi Academy Youth Symphony Orchestra

Maria Seletskaja, Dirección

Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard, Dirección

Edmar Tuul, Dirección

Stephanie Childress, Dirección

Yaroslav Zaboyarkin, Dirección

Boon Hua Lien, Dirección

Holly Hyun Choe, Dirección

Dorian Todorov, Dirección

Ian Niederhoffer, Dirección

Taavi Oramo, Dirección

José Soares, Dirección

Kristjan Järvi, Dirección

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.