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Paavo Järvi: Musical ambassador
Where is home for Paavi Järvi? The life of an international conductor consists of airports and hotel-hopping and Järvi’s passport is more well-travelled than most.
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StockholmEstonian Festival Orchestra
Shostakovich, Tüür, Sibelius
Estonian Festival Orchestra; Paavo Järvi; Ksenija Sidorova
TokyoDon Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Paavo Järvi; Georgia Jarman; Lauren Fagan; Rie Miyake; Vito Priante
YokohamaDon Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Paavo Järvi; Georgia Jarman; Lauren Fagan; Rie Miyake; Vito Priante
TokyoShostakovich "Leningrad" Symphony
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 7 in C major, "Leningrad" Op.60
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Paavo Järvi
TokyoGlinka, Rachmaninov, Scriabin
Glinka, Rachmaninov, Scriabin
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Paavo Järvi; Denis Kozhukhin
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Järvi’s baton permeates a nexus of tight-knit shapes
The conductor guided us on a tour through a museum where Erkki-Sven Tüür, Mozart and Brahms reside in spheres of different shades and spaces – and yet each remain enclosed in a prefigured structure.
Riveting Schumann and Schubert in Tokyo
Paarvo Järvi and the NHK Symphony give a riveting account of Schumann and Schubert.
Don Giovanni as “unlimited myth” at La Scala
Robert Carsen's Don Giovanni cannot burn in a hell in which he does not believe.
La Valse / Symphony in C / Sheherazade
The Scala Ballet performs a daring triple bill this Spring, showcasing young Italian choreographers alongside one of Balanchine's masterpieces, Symphony in C.
NHK Symphony Orchestra's magnificent Mahler Six
Is the very, very good the enemy of the great? It is hard to fault a performance as fine as this – except perhaps against a benchmark no longer recognised.
Pristine chaos becomes harmony
The ever consummate conductor delivers a trio of stylistically contrasting works by Haydn, Beethoven and Nielsen with a single trait in common: obdurate perfectionism.