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Pärnu

11 juil. 2026

Expansive: Paavo Järvi conducts grand-scale repertoire in Pärnu

Par Mark Valencia

Young conducting talent display their wares at the Järvi Academy Gala

Par Mark Valencia, 09 juillet 2026

Ten finalists from the Järvi Academy conducting course show their mettle in the Järvi Academy Gala.

Pärnu

09 juil. 2026

Young conducting talent display their wares at the Järvi Academy Gala

Par Mark Valencia

Neeme Järvi and the Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra © Kaupo Kikkas

Neeme Järvi and his orchestra of young musicians open the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Mark Valencia, 08 juillet 2026

Pärnu’s young musicians play unfamiliar works with professional confidence and savoir faire, feeding richly on the wisdom of the elder statesman who conducts them.

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Pärnu

08 juil. 2026

Neeme Järvi and his young musicians open the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Mark Valencia

Paavo Järvi and Ksenija Sidorova © Tõiv Jõul

Bizet raises the roof at the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Peter Quantrill, 13 juillet 2024

The Estonian Festival Orchestra is on scintillating form in a rare outing for Roma, Bizet's own “Italian Symphony”.

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Pärnu

13 juil. 2024

Bizet raises the roof at the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Peter Quantrill

Julia Kurzydlak conducts the Järvi Academy Sinfonietta © Tõiv Jõul

Maestros in the making at the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Peter Quantrill, 11 juillet 2024

Haydn, Mozart and Pärt put ten young conductors through their paces in the Järvi Academy Gala.

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Pärnu

11 juil. 2024

Maestros in the making at the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Peter Quantrill

Oceanic swells, orchestral tangles: Baltic & Estonian Music Days

Par Lawrence Dunn, 28 avril 2024

The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra presents contemporary works, including three world premieres, by composers from across the Baltics.

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Tartu

28 avril 2024

Oceanic swells, orchestral tangles: Baltic & Estonian Music Days

Par Lawrence Dunn

Taavi Kerikmäe (harmonium) and Anna-Liisa Eller (kannel) © Rene Jakobson

Tombs, elegies and ruins: Baltic & Estonian Music Days

Par Lawrence Dunn, 27 avril 2024

Anna-Liisa Eller and Taavi Kerikmäe present new works for the Estonian kannel and keyboard instruments, alongside arrangements of Baroque music.

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Tartu

27 avril 2024

Tombs, elegies and ruins: Baltic & Estonian Music Days

Par Lawrence Dunn

Solemn rites and fractured chants open Baltic & Estonian Music Days in Tartu

Par Lawrence Dunn, 26 avril 2024

Tartu, European City of Culture in 2024, hosts the long-established contemporary music festival, bringing together composers and and musicians from across the Baltics.

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Tartu

26 avril 2024

Solemn rites and fractured chants open Estonian Music Days in Tartu

Par Lawrence Dunn

Laura Maya as Anna and Leonardo Celegato as Vronsky in Marina Kesler's Anna Karenina © Rünno Lahesoo

Anna Karenina: drama, tragedy, passion and excellent dancing

Par Maggie Foyer, 19 avril 2024

Condensed into two acts, Marina Kesler's Anna Karenina for Estonian National Ballet is packed with dance and makes a very satisfying ballet evening.

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Tallinn

19 avril 2024

Anna Karenina: drama, tragedy, passion and excellent dancing

Par Maggie Foyer

Vanemuine Theatre Ballet in Jevgeni Grib's Ash White © Rünno Lahesoo

Vanemuine Theatre Ballet's Ash White: well danced drama

Par Maggie Foyer, 18 avril 2024

Ash White is a tremendously dramatic, full-length ballet, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale The Sandman.

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Tartu

18 avril 2024

Vanemuine Theatre Ballet's Ash White: well danced drama

Par Maggie Foyer

Smiles of a summer night: Paavo Järvi at the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Richard Bratby, 15 juillet 2023

New music, old friends and supercharged Strauss from the Estonian Festival Orchestra.

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Pärnu

15 juil. 2023

Smiles of a summer night: Paavo Järvi at the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Richard Bratby

Kristjan Järvi, Erkki Otsman and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic © Kaupo Kikkas

Babylon on the Baltic: Kristjan Järvi parties like it's 1929

Par Richard Bratby, 14 juillet 2023

Babylon Berlin comes to the Pärnu Music Festival, as Kristjan Järvi and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic perform an explosive celebration of music from the TV series.

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Pärnu

14 juil. 2023

Babylon on the Baltic: Kristjan Järvi parties like it's 1929

Par Richard Bratby

The Estonian Festival Orchestra covers itself in glory at the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Alexander Hall, 16 juillet 2022

In a programme of Lutosławski, Richard Strauss and Tchaikovsky conducted by Paavo Järvi, there are no weak links in the playing of the EFO and Stefan Dohr’s versatility on the horn is once again on display.

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Pärnu

16 juil. 2022

Estonian Festival Orchestra covers itself in glory in Pärnu

Par Alexander Hall

Energy, rhythm, colour: Kristjan Järvi’s extravaganza in Pärnu

Par Alexander Hall, 15 juillet 2022

As an experience, this was quite something, with the music almost secondary and emotions carrying the day. The term minimalist could only be used to describe the rhythmic patterns.

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Pärnu

15 juil. 2022

Energy, rhythm, colour: Kristjan Järvi’s extravaganza in Pärnu

Par Alexander Hall

Nurturing emergent talent: the Järvi Academy at work in Pärnu

Par Alexander Hall, 14 juillet 2022

Aspiring young conductors literally have to face the music in a second half showcasing their skills, while their teachers kick off proceedings with chamber music presentations of Estonian composers.

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Pärnu

14 juil. 2022

Nurturing emergent talent: the Järvi Academy at work in Pärnu

Par Alexander Hall

Celebrating a musical hero: Neeme Järvi at 85

Par Alexander Hall, 13 juillet 2022

Neeme Järvi celebrates his 80th birthday in style, together with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and his daughter Maarika, in works by Mozart, Gluck and Dvořák.

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Pärnu

13 juil. 2022

Celebrating a musical hero: Neeme Järvi at 85

Par Alexander Hall

Committed singing makes a dramatic Roméo et Juliette at Estonian National Opera

Par David Karlin, 23 octobre 2021

Stephen Barlow's intelligent production makes Gounod's grand opéra as dramatic as it is tuneful.

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Tallinn

23 oct. 2021

A dramatic Roméo et Juliette at Estonian National Opera

Par David Karlin

Laulasmaa

Under the eyes of the composer, young artists Aavik and Žukova impress at the Arvo Pärt Centre

Par David Karlin, 22 octobre 2021

Music by Bach, Schubert and Pärt is handled with flair and expertise by artists at the start of their careers in the Centre's beautiful new concert hall.

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Laulasmaa

22 oct. 2021

Young artists impress at the Arvo Pärt Centre

Par David Karlin

Business as usual: Paavo Järvi gets the band back together in Pärnu

Par Mark Pullinger, 15 juillet 2021

The Estonian Festival Orchestra reunites under its founder at the eleventh edition of the Pärnu Music Festival.

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Pärnu

15 juil. 2021

Business as usual: Paavo Järvi gets the band back together in Pärnu

Par Mark Pullinger

Two “Firsts” as Beethoven opens the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Mark Pullinger, 16 juillet 2020

While Kalle Randalu proves an amiable soloist in the First Piano Concerto, it is Beethoven the firebrand who startles in Paavo Järvi's account of the First Symphony with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.

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Pärnu

16 juil. 2020

Two “Firsts” as Beethoven opens the Pärnu Music Festival

Par Mark Pullinger

From Pärnu with Love: Tchaikovsky 2 fizzes under Paavo Järvi

Par Mark Pullinger, 21 juillet 2019

A terrific climax to the 2019 Pärnu Music Festival, with outstanding performances from Ain Anger and the Estonian Festival Orchestra.

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Pärnu

21 juil. 2019

From Pärnu with Love: Tchaikovsky 2 fizzes under Paavo Järvi

Par Mark Pullinger

Pass the baton: Järvi Academy's conducting relay

Par Mark Pullinger, 20 juillet 2019

Eleven conductors get to strut their stuff in an eclectic programme in Pärnu.

Pärnu

20 juil. 2019

Pass the baton: Järvi Academy's conducting relay

Par Mark Pullinger

Musical Klimt: Vienna comes to Pärnu in Erkki-Sven Tüür's chamber gala

Par Mark Pullinger, 19 juillet 2019

Erich Korngold's luscious String Sextet provides the musical highlight of Erkki-Sven Tüür's Pärnu programme.

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Pärnu

19 juil. 2019

Musical Klimt: Vienna comes to Pärnu in Tüür's chamber gala

Par Mark Pullinger

Pride of Pärnu: Estonian Festival Orchestra revels in Nielsen

Par Mark Pullinger, 18 juillet 2019

In Estonia's summer capital of Pärnu, holiday spirits and family pride abound in the EFO's first concert of Paavo Järvi's festival.

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Pärnu

18 juil. 2019

Pride of Pärnu: Estonian Festival Orchestra revels in Nielsen

Par Mark Pullinger

What’s the poooints? Atonal explorations “through the forest” in Tallinn

Par Timmy Fisher, 05 mai 2019

The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra deliver a bold but challenging programme of atonal works.

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Tallinn

05 mai 2019

Atonal explorations “through the forest” in Tallinn

Par Timmy Fisher

“Blossomings”: a stunning display of contemporary choral music in Tallinn

Par Timmy Fisher, 04 mai 2019

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir deliver the goods on home turf.

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Tallinn

04 mai 2019

“Blossomings”: a stunning display of contemporary choral music

Par Timmy Fisher

Shadows and energy, ghosts and pomposity at Tallinn’s Estonia Concert Hall

Par Simon Cummings, 07 avril 2017

The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Kristiina Poska strain, discharge energy and ultimately make magic at the annual Estonian Music Days.

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Tallinn

07 avril 2017

Shadows and energy, ghosts and pomposity

Par Simon Cummings

Mixed messages and mixed results from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Par Simon Cummings, 16 avril 2016

The Estonian Music Days end with a recital of choral music that often proved challenging, but not in a good way.

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Tallinn

16 avril 2016

Mixed messages and mixed results in Tallinn

Par Simon Cummings

Spring in Tallinn: sexy swagger and emotional devastation

Par Simon Cummings, 15 avril 2016

New works for orchestra from the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra directed by Anu Tali

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Tallinn

15 avril 2016

Spring in Tallinn: sexy swagger and emotional devastation

Par Simon Cummings

Defiant but non-confrontational: Nordic Affect at the Estonian Music Days

Par Simon Cummings, 13 avril 2016

Nordic Affect explores works from Estonia and Iceland asserting introspection and independence.

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Tallinn

13 avril 2016

Defiant but non-confrontational: Nordic Affect

Par Simon Cummings

Orchestra Rehearsal: Fellini restaged in Tallinn

Par Simon Rees, 09 août 2015

Federico Fellini’s underrated film Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d’orchestra) was released in 1978, and told the story of an orchestra going on strike against its conductor.

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Tallinn

09 août 2015

Fellini restaged in Tallinn

Par Simon Rees

Fokine double bill performed at the Birgitta Festival

Par Simon Rees, 08 août 2015

A double bill at the Birgitta Festival staged Scheherazade and the Polovtsian Dances, both performed in costumes and on sets based on the original designs dating from around 1910.

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Tallinn

08 août 2015

Fokine double bill performed at the Birgitta Festival

Par Simon Rees

Haydn's The Creation given a high-flying staging in Estonia

Par Simon Rees, 07 août 2015

A high-flying, zip-wire staging of Haydn's The Creation in Tallinn.

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Tallinn

07 août 2015

A high-flying Creation in Estonia

Par Simon Rees

Murdering the customers, murdering the score: Cardillac in Estonia

Par Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 14 mai 2015

At the Estonian National Opera, Vilppu Kiljunen's staging of Hindemith's crime opera Cardillac is wonderfully eerie. Unfortunately, conductor Vello Pähn's reading of the score doesn't do it justice.

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Tallinn

14 mai 2015

Murdering the customers, murdering the score

Par Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra in a programme of premières from young Estonian composers

Par Gavin Dixon, 12 avril 2015

“Two Ladies”, the title of this afternoon’s concert of the Estonian Music Days festival, referred to its two violin soloists, Triin Ruubel and Juta Õunapuu-Mocanita.

Tallinn

12 avril 2015

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra in a programme of premières

Par Gavin Dixon

Ansemble Sepia: Zooming Estonia

Par Gavin Dixon, 11 avril 2015

Radical new music doesn’t always have to be presented with a straight face, as demonstrated by the Polish Ansambel Sepia in Tallinn.

Tallinn

11 avril 2015

Ansemble Sepia: Zooming Estonia

Par Gavin Dixon

Six of the best: Estonian Music Days festival launches in Tallinn

Par Gavin Dixon, 10 avril 2015

The Tallinn National Symphony Orchestra Easter concert represents new music patronage on a grand scale. Six up-and-coming Estonian composers are commissioned write a substantial work for orchestra, and an entire concert is given over to their first performances.

Tallinn

10 avril 2015

Estonian Music Days launches in Tallinn

Par Gavin Dixon

A sleazy, sardonic Ballo from Helikon Opera in Talinn

Par Simon Rees, 15 août 2014

The Birgitta Festival is an interesting annual venture put on by the city of Tallinn, and in 2014 it completes its tenth year. The festival is held in the ruined Convent of St Birgitta, set back from Tallinn Bay and on the banks of the River Pirita.

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