Author: jgrdisain

Violinist, violist, conductor, member of the hr-Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt am Main and the Hába Quartet, co-founder and director of the Orchestral Academy of the hr-Sinfonieorchester, organizer, presenter. Since 2016, he has been a regular participant in the festival in Pärnu, repeatedly voted the most popular member of the festival orchestra by his colleagues. A friend,…

2025-07-22The Pärnu Music Festival has a lot to offer that others don’t. And I don’t just mean the opportunity to combine the summer pleasures of a beautiful sandy beach and spas with culture, but a phenomenon called the Estonian Festival Orchestra. This is the creation of conductor Paavo Järvi. He wanted to create something similar…

WORKS BY TUBIN, LUTOSLAWSKI & BACEWICZ RECORDED LIVE AT THE PÄRNU MUSIC FESTIVAL For their latest recording on Alpha Classics (release date 23 June), Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland. Two nations closely connected by their history and the corridor imposed on them by 20th century occupation, which resulted in…