Pärnu Music Festival Järvi Academy shows the fruits of its work

The opportunity to study under the guidance of world-famous conductors Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi and Kristjan Järvi, as well as Paavo Järvi’s teacher Leonid Grin, tempts young musicians from all over the world to participate in the conducting course of the Järvi Academy of the Pärnu Music Festival. Similarly, master classes for young players of strings, wind instruments and percussion are currently taking place in Pärnu, supervised by top international lecturers, the best of the best of whom will be able to take to the stage at the concerts of the Järvi Academy that have already taken place and are about to take place.

The Järvi family has always considered the music education of Estonian young people to be a very important and close topic to their hearts. This is why, years ago, the foundation was laid for the comprehensive master classes of Järvi Academy, which are taking place in parallel with the Pärnu Music Festival, where 136 young people from 30 countries are participating this year. Of the participants, 60 per cent are international and 40 per cent are from Estonia.

(vasakult): Nazar Plyska (kontsertmeister, Poola), Zofia Trybus (II kontsertmeister, Rootsi), Chung Yu Chen (tšello / Taiwan), Jaagup Piirsalu (tšello / Eesti). Fotograaf Taavi Kull.

Traditionally, the greatest interest in international interest has always been in the conducting course of the Järvi Academy. “As Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi and Kristjan Järvi regularly give concerts around the world, international conducting schools have found our festival master course and there are always many people interested in getting to it. The competition for the conducting course is also tight, and this year 22 young people from Georgia, Poland, France, Romania, Norway, South Korea, China, USA, Great Britain, Canada, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Croatia, New Zealand and also from Estonia always have a place in the conducting course,” said Kristjan Hallik, the head organiser of the Pärnu Music Festival.

“Similarly, 19 world-class lecturers of strings, percussion and wind instruments are currently giving master classes at the Järvi Academy in Pärnu, among them lecturers from the leading music academies in the world, such as the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin, Robert Schumann University of Music, Düsseldorf, Lübeck University of Music, Hanover Higher School of Music, Theatre and Media, Norway Academy of Music, Lausanne HEMU and Graz University of the Arts,” the head organiser added.

According to Hallik, although the courses are mainly designed for university students and the graduates of specialised secondary education music institutions, today the level of young instrument players can be high, so they pass the competition necessary to get into the master course in their specialty. So, this year, the youngest participant of the Järvi Academy is 12 years old, and the oldest is 33 years old. All of them will receive three inividual specialty classes, lectures on music physiology, and the best of the best will be able to perform on stage to the concerts of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Järvi Academy.

“This year, the master classes of strings, wind instruments and percussion at the Järvi Academy have an unusually high percentage of international music students. An important motivation for applying to Pärnu was given to many by Neeme Järvi’s decision to conduct the Järvi Academy Youth Symphony Orchestra at the opening concert (on July 10), which was put together only from the participants of the master classes. The young people were also interested in the opportunity to study under the guidance of the lecturers of the festival’s renowned master classes and to gain experience in orchestral work under the guidance of Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Kristjan Järvi and Leonid Grin and the young conductors of the conducting course of the Järvi Academy – together they are currently preparing for the final concert of the Järvi Academy on 17 July,” said Kristjan Hallik.

In addition, the master classes of instrument studies at Järvi Academy will start the new week with two concerts in the Pärnu city space – in the forenoon of July 15, a free concert of the students of Järvi Academy for strings, wind instruments and percussion will take place in Pärnu Town Hall, and in the evening of the same day, a concert of the teachers of Järvi Academy will take place in the Elisabeth Church of Pärnu.

Pärnu Music Festival is one of the most well-known international classical music festivals in Estonia, which combines the Järvi Academy, i.e. workshops for young musicians, a high-level concert program and the Estonian Festival Orchestra under the direction and direction of Paavo Järvi, which has toured in dignified concert halls all on Europe and Asia, as well as performed at the BBC Proms in Albert Hall. The orchestra always performs every year in front of a home audience at the Pärnu Music Festival in Pärnu. More information www.parnumusicfestival.ee

Pärnu Music Festival photo gallery 2024: https://parnumusicfestival.ee/pressifotod/galerii-2024/
Further information: Kristjan Hallik, Pärnu Muusikafestivali head organiser, tel 56 568 754
Krista Must, press agent, 5156364, krista.must@corpore.ee

(from the left): Nazar Plyska (concertmaster, Poland), Zofia Trybus (II concertmaster, Sweden), Chung Yu Chen (cello / Taiwan), Jaagup Piirsalu (cello / Estonia). Photographer Taavi Kull.

Shino Tanaka (flute, piccolo/ Japan). Photographer Tõiv Jõul.

(from the left): Hanna-Ingrid Nurm (double bass / Estonia), Tara Karakat (violin / Germany-Australia), Patriks Poikāns (violin / Latvia), Eduard Dayan (violin / Romania), Nazar Plyska (concertmaster / Poland). Photohrapher Taavi Kull.