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Kristjan Järvi brings
Vienna’s Tonkünstler Orchestra to the UK for an 11-date UK tour during
February 2008 In his capacity as Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Tonkünstler Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi leads an 11-date UK tour during February 2008. The 100 year-old Viennese orchestra will perform across the UK with soloists Nicola Benedetti and Mikhail Rudy. During the 2007/8 season Estonian-born conductor Kristjan Järvi has made debuts with the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and the London Symphony Orchestra. Recent concerts with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra impressed the critics: “The blistering performance of Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony in the second half, though not lacking brazen brio in its finale, eschewed cheap thrills in an interpretation whose first movement ached with intensity, and whose more flamboyant pages were seared by Jarvi's acid touch.” Glasgow Herald Kristjan Järvi is well-known for his musical insight into repertoire ranging from the classical period to the 21st century and work with his Absolute Ensemble and this flair for imaginative programming has been embraced by the Tonkünstler Orchestra. The Tonkünstler Orchestra is one of the most important institutions of traditional Austrian musical culture, but for several years now it has also been pursuing unconventional paths into the orchestral future with Järvi at the helm. The orchestra’s repertoire and sound world are based on almost 100 years of history and a solid interpretative tradition. Under the leadership of its dynamic principal conductor the orchestra has been setting new directions with fresh programming and a wide-ranging music-education project aimed at young people. With its residences – Vienna’s Musikverein, St. Pölten’s Festspielhaus and Grafenegg Castle – the orchestra has three highly varied but at the same time high-calibre venues. Kristjan Järvi is a committed advocate of music education and founded Absolute Academy at Bremen University in 2006. His educational activities have included conducting Japan’s Hyogo Youth Orchestra, the Norwegian Youth Orchestra, the Estonian Academy of Music, and directing Ensemble masterclasses at UCLA. Kristjan Järvi has more than 20 albums to his credit, for which he has received a list of accolades, including a Swedish Grammy for Best Opera Performance, the German Record Critics Prize for Best Album and a Grammy Nomination. Forthcoming CD releases include Franz Schmidt's "Book of the Seven Seals" on the Chandos Label (UK March release), a cycle of Haydn's "Paris" Symphonies, Steve Reich's "Desert Music" and Bernstein's epic "Mass". ENDS MORE INFORMATION AND PHOTOS AVAILABLE AT www.kristjanjarvi.com |