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| Paavo Järvi | |||||||
 | The Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi has been Artistic Director of The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since 2004. He also holds the positions of Music Director of Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Adviser to the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and will become the seventh Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris in 2010/11. In addition to his permanent positions, Paavo Järvi is in much demand as a guest conductor appearing regularly with orchestras such Los Angeles, New York Philharmonic, Boston, Staatskapelle Dresden, La Scala, NHK Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France or the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He gave his very successful debut with the Vienna Philharmonic in November 2006 and made his subscription series debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in May 2007. Mr Järvi's extensive discography includes orchestral music by Grieg, the Grammy award-winning recording of Sibelius's Cantatas, and Grieg's Peer Gynt, which won the best Orchestral recording in the 2006 BBC Music Magazine Awards. All three discs were recorded with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Paavo Järvi has released over 10 CDs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Paavo Järvi and The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen have released recordings of Beethoven Piano Concertos with Japanese pianist Ikuyo Nakamichi and works for chamber orchestra by Igor Stravinsky and Richard Strauss. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, he studied percussion and conducting at the Tallinn School of Music then, in 1980, moved to the USA where he continued his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, with Leonard Bernstein. Mr Järvi is known for having championed many works by Estonian composers including Arvo Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Lepo Sumera and Eduard Tubin. | Photo: Sheila Rock For further information please visit Paavo Järvi's website: www.paavojarvi.com | |||||
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