»Paavo Järvi and The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen have earned our city a place on the global musical map,« said Bremen’s mayor and senator for culture Andreas Bovenschulte on presenting the Senate Medal for Art and Science to Paavo Järvi.

Paavo Järvi has been Artistic Director of The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2004. At a presentation ceremony held at Bremen City Hall at the end of November, the Estonian conductor was awarded this special distinction for his services to the orchestra and Bremen’s cultural sector during his two-decade tenure.

With the current project around the ›London Symphonies‹, the internationally acclaimed ›Dream Team‹ has now set itself the goal of dusting off the composer’s image which is often considered somewhat staid, tickling out his unique musical sense of humour and creating »more Haydn love«. As part of an exciting TV documentary, NDR has been shadowing the orchestra and exploring the emergence of this new Haydn feeling. In the 60-minute documentary ›the Haydn-Expedition‹ (now available in the ARD media library) the film team accompanies the orchestra and conductor during studio recordings and concerts, highlighting this focused, creative and enjoyable collaboration: Haydn – fresher than ever!

At October 2023, Tarmo Peltokoski was awarded the Opus Klassik and the title ›Young Artist of the Year‹ for his joint recording of Oskar Böhme’s ›Trumpet Concerto op. 18‹ with trumpeter Matthias Höfs and the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen. Shortly after this 23-year-old has signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, according to whom Peltokoski has secured a place among the »leading conductors of the day«. Grammophon President Dr. Clemens Trautmann is also impressed, »His energy and natural authority are stunning. Tarmo’s sense for hidden musical subtleties and voices in otherwise familiar scores is deeply fascinating.«

Tarmo Peltokoski has recorded his first album – Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 35, 36 and 40 – with our orchestra. It is due to be released by Deutsche Grammophon in May 2024. »It is a gift to perform Mozart with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, and a dream to record these three symphonies« explained this newly appointed exclusive artist at the signing ceremony. The Kammer­philharmonie discovered Peltokoski in 2021 thanks to a workshop organised during the pandemic and was enthusiastic about this extraordinarily multi-talented young Finn from the very beginning. Tarmo Peltokoski has been Principal Guest Conductor since the beginning of 2022, the first holder of a position created especially for this purpose and unprecedented in the orchestra’s long history.

»Paavo Järvi and The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen have earned our city a place on the global musical map,« said Bremen’s mayor and senator for culture Andreas Bovenschulte on presenting the Senate Medal for Art and Science to Paavo Järvi.

Paavo Järvi has been Artistic Director of The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2004. At a presentation ceremony held at Bremen City Hall at the end of November, the Estonian conductor was awarded this special distinction for his services to the orchestra and Bremen’s cultural sector during his two-decade tenure.

With the current project around the ›London Symphonies‹, the internationally acclaimed ›Dream Team‹ has now set itself the goal of dusting off the composer’s image which is often considered somewhat staid, tickling out his unique musical sense of humour and creating »more Haydn love«. As part of an exciting TV documentary, NDR has been shadowing the orchestra and exploring the emergence of this new Haydn feeling. In the 60-minute documentary ›the Haydn-Expedition‹ (now available in the ARD media library) the film team accompanies the orchestra and conductor during studio recordings and concerts, highlighting this focused, creative and enjoyable collaboration: Haydn – fresher than ever!

At October 2023, Tarmo Peltokoski was awarded the Opus Klassik and the title ›Young Artist of the Year‹ for his joint recording of Oskar Böhme’s ›Trumpet Concerto op. 18‹ with trumpeter Matthias Höfs and the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen. Shortly after this 23-year-old has signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, according to whom Peltokoski has secured a place among the »leading conductors of the day«. Grammophon President Dr. Clemens Trautmann is also impressed, »His energy and natural authority are stunning. Tarmo’s sense for hidden musical subtleties and voices in otherwise familiar scores is deeply fascinating.«

Tarmo Peltokoski has recorded his first album – Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 35, 36 and 40 – with our orchestra. It is due to be released by Deutsche Grammophon in May 2024. »It is a gift to perform Mozart with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, and a dream to record these three symphonies« explained this newly appointed exclusive artist at the signing ceremony. The Kammer­philharmonie discovered Peltokoski in 2021 thanks to a workshop organised during the pandemic and was enthusiastic about this extraordinarily multi-talented young Finn from the very beginning. Tarmo Peltokoski has been Principal Guest Conductor since the beginning of 2022, the first holder of a position created especially for this purpose and unprecedented in the orchestra’s long history.