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jgrdisain — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:45:45 +0000

JÄRVI ACADEMY 2026

MASTERCLASSES FOR WINDS, PERCUSSION AND STRINGS

Järvi Academy 2026 for winds, percussion and strings will take place between 4.-15. July 2026 in Tallinn and Pärnu, Estonia.
The deadline to apply is 10th April 2026.

The course consists of 3 individual masterclasses (45 minutes each) and for selected participants the Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra (JASO). In addition, we offer a lecture and individual lessons in music physiology.

TEACHERS 2026

WINDS AND PERCUSSION

Flute André Cebrián — Scottish Chamber Orchestra / The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Oboe Thomas Indermühle —Zurich University of Music / Karlsruhe University of Music
Clarinet Maximiliano Martín — Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Bassoon Mathis Stier — WDR Symphony Orchestra

Trumpet Yael Fiuza Souto — Basque Land Orchestra / Aragon Higher Conservatory of Music
French Horn Raimund Zell — Anton Bruckner University
Trombone Christian Jones — Royal Northern College of Music / The Hallé Orchestra

Percussion Marc Strobel — Stuttgart State Opera/Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts

STRINGS

Violin

Laura Zarina — Dr.Hoch’s Conservatory Frankfurt
Cecilia Zilliacus — Sibelius Academy / Royal College of Music Stockholm

Michael Foyle — Royal Academy of Music London / Köln University of Music and Dance

Kristine Balanas — Latvia
Mark Gothoni — University of the Arts Berlin

Viola

Tomoko Akasaka — Münster University of Music

Lilli Maijala — Zürich University of Arts

Cello
Jan Ickert — University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt
David Pia — Geneva University of Music

Double bass

Olivier Thiery — Conservatory of Amsterdam

MUSIC PHYSIOLOGY

Teacher: Lisanne Altrov

What is music physiology?

Musicphysiology or musician´s mental and physical preparation for the stage entails the following topics:

Tension-free playing
Physical prowess and endurance
Ability to cope with unexpected situations
Communication with the audience, stage partners, collegues and oneself
Body language
Concentration and focus
Motivation
Confidence/self-assuredness
Coping with mental and physical stress
Self-regulation (ability to adjust one’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour)
Setting and achieving goals
Timing on stage
Envisioning one´s sound
Time management and planning
Effective (mental) practicing
Self-analysis
Burnout prevention

One of the many skills a musician carries is coping with stage fright. This includes finding solutions to thrive and propell oneself forward in performance situations. The goal of the individual and group lessons in music physiology at Pärnu Music Festival is to map the mechanisms of dealing with stage fright that have proven to be useful, aswell as the ones that still need mending. Simply putting in the practice hours is not enough. During the lessons I will explain the principles of music physiology: how and why stage fright appears, how do body and mind react to stress and how to manage them. The goal is to offer artists mental and physical excercises and tools, to ease the stage fright, prevent injuries and increase the joy of performing on stage and making music.

JASO

Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra consists of two projects.

Playing in the orchestra is a part of the course and is compulsory for the students, who have been selected to play in the orchestra.

The Opening Concert of Pärnu Music Festival 2026

Programme:

Heino Eller (1887–1970) – Symphonic poem “Dawn” (1918)
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) – Concert Ouverture “In Nature” Op. 91 (1891)
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) – Symphonic poem “Vltava” (“Moldau”) (1874) from the cycle “Má vlast”
Heino Eller (1887–1970) – Symphonic picture “Twilight” (1917)

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) – “Spring” Op. 34 No.2 from the cycle “Two Elegiac Melodies” (1880)
Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900) – Symphonic Poem “Twilight” Op. 39 (1893)

The Final Concert of Järvi Academy 2026

Ferenc Liszt (1811 — 1886) — Symphonic poem “Mazeppa” (1851-1854)

Robert Schumann (1810 — 1856) — Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 “Spring Symphony” (1841)

I Andante un poco maestoso — Allegro molto vivace

II Larghetto

III Scherzo. Molto vivace

IV Final. Allegro animato e grazioso

REGISTRATION

To apply to the course, a video recording is necessary.

Requirements for the video:

WINDS AND PERCUSSION

FLUTE:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

OBOE:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

CLARINET:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

BASSOON:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

FRENCH HORN:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

TRUMPET:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

TENOR TROMBONE:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

BASS TROMBONE:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

PERCUSSION:

Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE
NB! Percussionists are allowed to record the different instruments separately if needed.

STRINGS

VIOLIN:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

VIOLA:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

CELLO:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

DOUBLE BASS:

A solo piece or a piece with piano accompaniment. Free of choice.
Orchestral excerpts from the opening concert programme: LINK HERE

The orchestral excerpts must be filmed in one unedited take (except percussionists). Excerpts and the solo piece can be in filmed in separate takes . Any kind of editing of the recordings is not permitted. Please upload the recording(s) to Youtube (can be unlisted).

The recordings are evaluated by the artistic direction of the Järvi Academy. Based on the recordings, participants of the masterclass and the Järvi Acacemy Symphony Orchestra will be selected.

Available places in the course are limited.

COURSE COSTS

PARTICIPATION FEE

(3 individual lessons, free entrance to Pärnu Music Festival concerts and a festival T-shirt)

300€

ACCOMMODATION

Niidupargi dormitory – Niidupargi 14
(double/triple rooms, breakfast included)

25€/day (*)

CATERING

(2 meals per day, lunch and dinner)

15€/day (*)

(*) – Accommodation and catering is FREE OF CHARGE for Estonian citizens, international students studying in Estonia and all participants chosen to play in the FIRST JASO project.

Järvi Academy does not cover travel costs to and from the festival.
Participants are allowed to choose their own accommodation and catering, mark accordingly in the application.

REGISTER HERE:

VIOLIN

WINDS AND PERCUSSION

VIOLA

CELLO

DOUBLE BASS

Additional information:

Liina Sakkos (strings)
+372 551 6609
liina.sakkos@parnumusicfestival.ee

Isabella Runge (winds and percussion)
+372 5832 8909
isabella.runge@parnumusicfestival.ee

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Conducting

jgrdisain — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:45:45 +0000

JÄRVI ACADEMY 2026

INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASSES FOR CONDUCTORS

This year, the conducting masterclasses will take place in Tallinn and Pärnu from 4 July to 15 July 2026. At the same time, Pärnu will host master classes for string, wind and percussion players. Musicians from Järvi Academy Sinfonietta, Pärnu City Orchestra, and Järvi Academy Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Pärnu International Music Festival will take place 8–18 July 2026.

Tutors: Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, Leonid Grin

NB! When registering for courses, please provide:

2 YouTube links, each video lasting 10 minutes. Recordings may include mergers of repertoires.
An edited biography for the program booklet.
A photo in JPG format (high-resolution).
An advance payment of €80 is required upon registration. NB! Failure to make the payment will result in the registration not being considered.

Active participant
16 active participants will be selected, and their work programme will include:

At least 100 minutes of work with pianos and various orchestras of the Järvi Academy (4 July – 15 July 2026).
Conducting two concerts in Tallinn and Pärnu. Participants will be selected by the tutors on the day before the concert. Each active participant can conduct at least one concert. The organiser does not guarantee an equal number of concerts for all participants.
Lectures.

Student
Two students will be selected with a work progamme including:

At least 50 minutes of work with pianos and various orchestras of the Järvi Academy (4 July – 15 July 2026).
Concerts in Tallinn and Pärnu. Generally, students do not conduct at the concerts, but there have been exceptions.
Lectures.

Passive participant
Those who receive a negative answer can participate as passive applicants, with a work programme including:

One podium time with Leonid Grin (with pianos).
Lectures.

Observers:
Guests are welcome to attend the masterclasses as observers. The fee is €30 per day, payable in cash on the spot.

Programme:

1st programme
Arvo Pärt – Für Lennart in memoriam (2006) – Universal Edition
Heino Eller – Prelude in G minor (1917) – EMIK (emic.ee)
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 83 in G minor “La poule” (1785) – Bärenreiter
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 6 in C major, D589 (1818) – Bärenreiter

2nd programme
Erkki-Sven Tüür – L’ombra della croce (2014) – Edition Peters
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 (1775) – Bärenreiter
Franz Liszt – Symphonic Poem Mazeppa (1851–1854) – Kalmus
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 “Spring” (1841) – Breitkopf

Participation Fees / Price
Active participant / €2400
Student / €1200
Passive participant / €600
Observer / €30 per day

The registration deadline is 10 January 2026. Results will be announced by the end of January.

The deadline for payment of the participation fee is 1 April 2026. Late payment will result in a proposal for active participation to the next applicant.

Bank account details:
Recipient: Pärnu Music Festival MTÜ
Address: Vambola 5, Pärnu, 80026 Pärnu County
VAT number: EE101465670
Bank: SEB Bank
Bank code: EEUHEE2X (SWIFT)
Account number (IBAN): EE31 1010 2201 2382 5013

For a faster and smoother bank transfer, we recommend using TransferWise.

Additional information
When registering for the courses, we recommend, if possible, planning to take part in the festival’s final concert on 18 July 2026 and the reception that follows.

Accommodation
Participation fee does not include accommodation. Due to high demand in Pärnu during the summer, please book well in advance.

Catering: the participation fee includes lunch and dinner in Tallinn and Pärnu. Further details will be sent to all participants by newsletter.

Tickets to the festival concerts:
Free entry to festival concerts is available for active participants, students, and passive participants with pre-registration. The organiser does not guarantee access to all EFO concerts, except for the festival’s closing concert (with pre-registration). Registration for concerts takes place via a link sent to the participant’s email the day before each concert.

REGISTER HERE:

Contact:
Helen Erastus
+372 517 7984
conducting@parnumusicfestival.ee

Watch the performances of young talented musicians live:
parnumusicfestival.tv/pmf

If you would like to hear about the future Järvi Academy masterclasses fill this form.

info@parnumusicfestival.ee

Recipient: Pärnu Music Festival MTÜ
Bank: SEB Bank
Bank code: EEUHEE2X (SWIFT)
Bank account number (IBAN): EE31 1010 2201 2382 5013

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Conductors 2021

jgrdisain — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:39:12 +0000

The participants of Järvi Academy Conducting course 2021 are:

Henri Christofer Aavik
Margarita Balanas
Jonas Bürgin
Martijn Dandievel
Nele Erastus
Aivis Greters
Victor Jacob
Izabele Jankauskaite
Magdalena Klein
Jae Hwan Lee
Daniel Mieczkowski
Alexey Mihailenko
Ode Pürg
Valle-Rasmus Roots
Isabel Rubio
Dimitris Spouras
William Walker

Estonian-born conductor Henri Christofer Aavik began his musical journey as a trumpeter and studied later additionally musicology at Tallinn Music High School.

He started conducting at the age of fourteen and appeared as a conductor within a youth project at the Estonian National Opera two years later. Consequently Aavik was honored with the „Tallinn’s Culture Award for Young People”. In December 2020 he made there his professional debut with Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker”.

As a high-school student, he attended Jorma Panula’s youth conducting classes at the Sibelius Academy in Finland and since 2015 he studies orchestral conducting at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (Germany) in the class of Prof. Nicolás Pasquet and Prof. Ekhart Wycik. In 2019 he studied as an exchange student at the Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland) with Prof. Johannes Schlaefli. He took part in masterclasses with Paavo Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, Bruno Weil, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Johannes Gustavsson, as well as in modern music workshops of Christof Löser, Steffen Schleiermacher, Rüdiger Bohn, and Zsolt Nagy.

Aavik has conducted more than 60 musical ensembles, i.a. Staatskapelle Weimar, Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, Southwest German Philharmonic Orchestra of Konstanz, Cottbus State Theatre Philharmonic Orchestra (Germany), Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, The North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra of Teplice, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic), Dutch National Youth Fanfare Orchestra, Pärnu City Orchestra, Estonian Sinfonietta and numerous project ensembles. From 2017 to 2019 he was the artistic director and conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Technical University of Ilmenau (Germany).

Since 2021 Henri Christofer Aavik is a scholar of the Conductors’ Forum of the German Music Council (Dirigentenforum des Deutschen Musikrats).

Latvian cellist Margarita Balanas is one of the most exciting and versatile artists of her generation.

Balanas made her solo debut at Wigmore Hall at age 17 and has performed for dignitaries and royalty, including HRH Prince Charles at venues such as Royal Festival Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Southbank Centre, Walt Disney Hall, and has appeared in festivals such as Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, the Adelaide International Cello Festival, the International Cello Festival Shanghai, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and performed with the Israel Camerata, Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Saarbrucken Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Filharmonica Marchigiana, Orchestra of St Johns, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonietta Rīga, Lithuanian National Orchestra and others.

Margarita is a regular guest artist for Scala Radio, BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. In 2020 Balanas was extended a personal invitation by Anne-Sophie Mutter to tour with the Mutter Virtuosi across South America.

Margarita regularly performs with her sister violinist Kristine Balanas, they performed the Brahms Double Concerto at the Berliner Philharmonie as well as Philip Glass Double Concerto at the International Cello Festival in Latvia. In May 2021, they will be performing Brahms Double concerto at Emergents Barcelona Music Festival with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. They toured France as part of the Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier and gave masterclasses and recitals at the Cayman Arts Festival. Balanas sisters were appointed as Honorary Patrons of BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation in recognition of their outstanding contribution.

Balanas has collaborated with such artists as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lynn Harrell, Trevor Pinnock, Murray Perahia, Paul Daniel, Sir Mark Elder, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

Margarita studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Mats Lidstrom, her mentor since 2014 was Lynn Harrell.

Jonas Bürgin (1996*) completed his bachelor’s degree in orchestral conducting with Prof. Johannes Schlaefli at the Zurich University of the Arts in 2021. Since early 2021, he is holding scholarships from the ‘Deutsches Dirigentenforum’ and the Peter Eötvös Foundation. Jonas Bürgin is also one of eight candidates for the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award 2021. At the Gstaad Menuhin Festival Conducting Academy he was awarded the Neeme Järvi Prize 2019, and in 2017 he won the first prize at the London Classical Soloists Competition I.

Jonas Bürgin is the chief conductor of the orchestra Junge Zürcher Harmoniker, which he founded in 2015. With the establishment of this successful chamber ensemble, he is committed to new concert formats and is looking for collaborations across a wide spectre of art forms.

Bürgin has performed with orchestras such as the argovia philharmonic, the Collegium Musicum Basel, the Symphony Orchestra Göttingen, the Central Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra, the camerata AKSAdemica and the Youth Symphony Orchestra Aargau (Switzerland). He was appointed as the musical director of the 13th production of OpernHausen, for whom he conducted a new production of the opera “La Vera Costanza” by Josef Haydn during the summer of 2018.

Bürgin attended master classes with Bernard Haitink, Manfred Honeck, Peter Eötvös, Nicolas Pasquet, Douglas Bostock, Larry Rachleff, William Blank, James Lowe and Ulrich Windfuhr. As part of these master classes, he conducted the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, the Staatsphilharmonie Baden-Baden, the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, the Hamburg Camerata, the London Classical Soloists, the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, etc.

Martijn Dendievel showed interest in music during his childhood and has grown today to a 25-year old versatile musician. He currently serves as assistant conductor to the Flanders Symphony Orchestra and is supported by the Dirigentenforum of the German Music Council.

In December 2018, he won the first prize in the conducting competition of the MDR Symphony Orchestra. This was followed by the first prize and the audience prize at the Louis Spohr Conducting Competition in Kassel in September 2019. More recently, he won the Conductor’s Academy of the Tonhalle-Orchester in Zurich and was a finalist in the Donatella Flick Competition in London.

After taking first musical steps on the violin, he switched to violoncello and enrolled in the city conservatory in Bruges. There, he also studied percussion, harpsichord and recorder. He gained orchestral experience as a timpanist and cellist in several Belgian youth orchestras. At the age of 14, he was exceptionally accepted at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in music theory with distinction. In 2014 Martijn came to the HfM FRANZ LISZT in Weimar as an Erasmus student, where he continues his conducting studies with Prof. Nicolás Pasquet. Furthermore, he gained valuable insights during masterclasses with Bernard Haitink, Christian Thielemann, Paavo Järvi and Iván Fischer.

He has made guest appearances with the Belgian National Orchestra, the Jenaer Philharmonie, the Staatskapelle Weimar and the MDR Symphony Orchestra. He has also led the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the Filharmonie Hradec Králové and the Bremen Philharmonic. In December 2019 he made his conducting debut at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra.

In 2021 he will have his debut with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège.

Nele Erastus has been highly involved with music in her hometown Pärnu, Estonia from an early age. Today, she is active both nationally and internationally as a conductor, singer and chorus master.

Nele finished her choral conducting Bachelor’s degree under Tõnu Kaljuste in the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and is now pursuing a Master’s degree in Toomas Kapten’s class. She has participated in both choral and orchestra masterclasses with Paavo Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, Frieder Bernius, Josep Vila i Casañas, Simon Halsey and many others.

A recipient of the Young Conductor of the Year award in 2020, Nele earned 2nd place at the 7th Competition for Estonian Young Conductors in October 2019, and won 1st prize in the 2016 Estonian Music Schools’ Conducting competition.

Nele is currently serving her 3rd season as chief conductor of Chamber Choir Sireen where she recently led the ensemble to 1st prize in the adult category of the 2019 European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) Choir Competition in Barcelona, Spain.

Aivis Greters during season 2020/2021 had debut with main three Latvian orchestra’s – Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Riga and Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. Early 2021 Greters received The Grand Music Award in category “Young artist of the year 2020″ and also in category for ” Artistically brave and innovative work during COVID-19″ for project with Youth Choir Kamēr… in Music Festival Cēsis.

Aivis Greters is Artistic director and conductor of Youth Choir Kamēr… since 2018, before which he was a singer and the choir’s second conductor. With the leadership of Greters, Youth choir Kamēr… won the Grand Prix of the 50th Tolosa Choral contest 2018. August of 2019 Greters together with Kamēr… won European Grand Prix in Arezzo and became the first choir who has won three EGP titles in the world. 2017 Aivis has won the first prize at the Nordic Choir Conductor Competition in Denmark.

June 2021 Aivis will graduate Latvian Academy of Music orchestral conducting department, Professor Mārtiņš Ozoliņš. From 2013-2017 studied choral conducting in Latvian Academy of Music and during 2015-2016 developed his skills at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
Greters has participated in numerous master classes including Bach cantatas with Jorg-Peter Weigle, English renaissance with Steven Layton, Mozart Opera arias with Zbigniew Graca, Orchestral Conducting with Lutz Kohler, Ekhart Wycik, Alexander Polianichko and passive participation in Järvi Academy 2019.

Finalist and “Mention Spécial” in Besançon Conducting Competition 2019, French conductor Victor Jacob is currently assistant conductor of Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

He is regularly invited with orchestras in Europe and abroad, including Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Moscow State Philharmonia (МГСО), Orchestre National de Montpellier, Orquestra Sinfonica Simon Bolivar de Venezuela, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle-Acquitaine, or Esbjerg Ensemble in Denmark.

Next season he will make his debuts with Orchestre National de Bordeaux, Orchestre Opéra de Rouen Normandie, and Orchestre de Chambre de Paris at Théatre des Champs-Élysées, as well as Chorégies d’Orange festival.

In opera productions, Victor is also invited to conduct or assist the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre Symphonique de La Monnaie, Orchestre National de France or Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France.

Graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris, he was trained by Alain Altinoglu, Sian Edwards, Marin Alsop, David Zinman, Lawrence Foster and Bernard Haitink.

Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, Izabele Jankauskaite began her musical journey in the Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis School of Arts (MKC) where she received piano lessons, vocal training and basics of choral conducting. In 2017 she won the First Place in the Jonas Aleksa Choir Conducting Competition. Since 2019, she is currently the Choir Director of the Johannes-Mellingen Choir and Stadtsänger Winterthur.

She began her choral conducting bachelor studies in 2018 at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) with Prof. Beat Schäfer and Markus Utz. Two years later, she switched to orchestral conducting with Prof. Johannes Schlaefli. As a choral conductor, she performed with choirs such as Chamber Choir Aidija, Vilnius State Choir, Thun Sommerakademie Choir, M.K. Ciurlionis school Choir and others. She was also an assistant conductor of the Laudate Choir in Zurich.

She has participated in masterclasses and attended workshops with conductors including Paavo Järvi, James Lowe, Rodolfo Fischer, Raphael Immoos, Anders Eby, Jeffrey Douma.

While studying in ZHdK, she worked with orchestras such as Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, Konstanz Südwestdeutsche Philharmonic, Sofia Philharmonic, Biel Solothurn Symphony, Collegium Musicum Basel, Baden-Baden Philarmonic and Musica Viva Schweiz Orchestra. Upcoming concerts are planned with the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra and the Central Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra ZJSO.

She is a scholarship recipient from the Lyra Foundation.

Magdalena Klein is currently the Assistant Conductor of the Bochumer Symphoniker, whom she regularly leads in projects of her own. She finished her Masters degree in Conducting at the International Conducting Academy at the University of the Arts Berlin. Orchestras she conducted include the Deutsche Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Neubrandenburgische Philharmonie, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Magdeburgische Philharmonie as well as the Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin. In 2019 Magdalena Klein qualified for the final stage of the conducting competition of German conservatories in Nürnberg.

In 2016 the young conductor founded orchestr.insîéme in Berlin. Since then this orchestra has given numerous successful concerts under her baton, playing symphonic repertoire from the classical and romantic period as well as music by living composers. Magdalena Klein learned from teachers including Steven Sloane, Antony Hermus, Harry Curtis, and Sir Roger Norrington.

Jae Hwan Lee grew up in Seoul, South Korea and first came to international attention in January 2020 when he participated in 2020 Hong Kong Conducting Workshop with Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In November 2016 it was announced that he had been appointed Assistant Conductor of the Korea National Police Orchestra. This role performed in the 17/18 season. Through this position, Lee was able to directly feel the process of musical interaction with musicians and audience, how to make an identity of orchestra, how to complete concerts, as well as the process of putting music on stages in the institutional system.

Jae Hwan Lee made his debut with the St. Petersburg Conservatory Orchestra in Russia in July 2016 to conduct 9th symphony of Shostakovich and an opera ‘La Traviata’ of Verdi. During the various performance of St. Petersburg conservatory, Lee conducted repertoire as diverse as Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Prokofiev.

Lee moved to Moscow by himself and studied piano at the Moscow Academic Music College in choral conducting with Marina Tsaturian in 2010. Away from Moscow, he graduated from Saint-Petersburg Conservatory majoring in opera-symphony conducting (Academic Degree: Specialist), mastered under Mikhail Kukushkin.

Daniel Mieczkowski is a flutist and conductor born in Warsaw in 1999. He is currently a student of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the conducting class of Monika Wolińska and the flute class of Agata Igras. As a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician or conductor he has performed successfully in Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Estonia, USA, Slovakia, Lithuania and Hungary.

He participated in master classes with Marin Alsop (with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice), Jorma Panula (with members of the Turku Philharmonic), Gabor Hollerung, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Paweł Przytocki (with Łódź Philharmonic). He is a laureate of national and international music competitions. His greatest achievements include the 2nd prize at the Friedrich Kuhlau International Flute Competition in Ülzen, the 3rd prize at the Leos Janaček International Competition in Brno and the 1st prize and award of the orchestra at the National Competition for Students of Conducting Adam Kopyciński in Wrocław.

He currently works as a pianist-accompanist and assistant conductor in the award-winning Warsaw Boys’ Choir and as the conductor of the Endorfina Chamber Choir in Warsaw.

Alexey Mikhaylenko comes from a Moscow family of musicians. After graduating from two music schools, he moved to the College of Music at the Moscow State Conservatory to Rafael Bagdasaryan Sr., the famous clarinet soloist of the Bolshoi Theater. During this time he also completed a year at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo with Hans Christian Bræin. In 2009 he completed his studies in Moscow with a master’s degree. From 2016 to 2021 Mikhaylenko studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Mark Stringer (conducting), Yuji Yuasa (conducting), Barbara Moser (piano) and Vladimir Kiradjiev (opera conducting). In addition, he completed masterclasses with renowned international conductors such as Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Teodor Currentzis, Marin Alsop, Kristjan Järvi, Yu Feng and Sabine Meyer (as clarinettist).

As an instrumentalist and conductor, Mikhaylenko is a co-founder of the “Messiaen Quartet” and “Vienna Ensemble”. He is also active in the artist group of the theatre agency “Art Partner XXI”, the theatre “Hochschule für Schauspielkunst” and the “Theater der Nations” as a clarinettist and conductor. Mikhaylenko is also a member of the “Trio Variabile”. He has won six international clarinet and chamber music competitions in Austria, Portugal, Poland and Russia.

Since 2011, Alexey Mikhaylenko has been an integral part of the young artists of the Baltic Sea Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Kristjan Järvi. He is a former solo clarinettist of the Russian State Symphony Orchestra and has participated in many productions by MusicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis.

Mikhaylenko has worked with orchestras such as the Wiener Symphoniker, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baltic Sea Philharmonic and the Russian Chamber Philharmonie St.Petersburg. In January 2020, Mikhaylenko conducted a tour of 15 concerts with the Wien Klang Sinfonietta in China.

Ode Pürg (1999) began her conducting studies at Tallinn Music High School (2014) in Ingrid Kõrvits’ choral conducting class. She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT), receiving her Bachelor’s degree in choral conducting (cum laude) under professors Tõnu Kaljuste, Kaspar Mänd and Toomas Kapten (2021).

Pürg has worked mainly with amateur-hobby choirs. She is currently the conductor of the Women’s Chamber Choir “Musamari”.

In addition, she has worked as an assistant conductor and accompanist with well-known Estonian choirs, including the Estonian National Opera Boys’ Choir and the semi-professional chamber choir Voces Tallinn.

In December 2020 Ode Pürg received the “Gustav Ernesaks’ study scholarship”. Her other important accomplishments include receiving the 1st prize in the choral conducting video competition “Encounters Over the Choral Score” (2021), 1st prize in EAMT’s inner choral conducting competition (2019), and receiving the highest prize in Estonia’s young pianists’ competition “Eesti Kõla V” (2016). In addition, she has taken part in “Sing Ireland ” choral conducting masterclass (2019) with Dr. Zoltan Pad.

Valle-Rasmus Roots (born 26.07.1994) is currently studying orchestral conducting with prof. Paul Mägi at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. He studied conducting with Jüri Alperten in 2018-2020. Valle-Rasmus began his cello studies at the Tallinn Music High School with Mart Laas in 2001 which he graduated in 2013. In EAMT he obtained both bachelor and master’s degree in cello playing in prof. Henry-David Varema’s cello class.

He has also been a student via ERASMUS+ program of prof. Wolfgang Boettcher at Universität der Künste Berlin and in Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with prof. Marko Ylönen. Valle-Rasmus has taken part in national and international competitions. He was awarded 1st prize at the Baltic String Competition 2018. In 2016 he became the laureate of Yamaha scholarship. Valle-Rasmus has taken part in many mastercourses and festivals. He has participated in masterclasses by such cellists like Wolfgang Boettcher, David Geringas, Francis Gouton, Marko Ylönen and others. Valle-Rasmus has been a soloist with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tallinn Music High School Symphony Orchestra, Pärnu City Orchestra, Philharmonic orchestra of Baden-Baden, EAMT Symphony Orchestra. Valle-Rasmus Roots plays a C. Farotti cello (owner Mrs. Maivi Kaljuvee) kindly on loan from the Estonian Foundation of Musical Instruments.

Spanish conductor, Isabel Rubio is Associated Conductor of Vigo430 Orchestra and associated conductor of Granada Youth Orchestra. She was Assistant Conductor of Valencia Orchestra and Assistant of Lucas Macías with the Spanish National Youth Orchestra.

Isabel won the “Alicante National Conducting Competition”, won the “Villena International Conducting Competition”, won the “Bilbao Orchestral Conducting Meetings”, and she was Semi-finalist in the “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Competition (2020-Italy).

She has conducted: Gran Canaria Philarmonic Orchestra, Oviedo Filarmonía Orchestra, Valencia Orchestra, Murcia Symphonic Orchestra, Menorca Chamber Orchestra, Spanish National Youth Orchestra, European Youth Wind Orchestra, Castelló Youth Symphony Orchestra, Federal Valencia Orchestra, Valencia University Orchestra and “Sine Tempore” Orchestra.

She is graduated in Conducting and Percussion with Honor Mention between Bruxelles and Murcia. She has a Master in Music Education. She also studied at the Orchestra Conducting International Academy (Valencia).

She conducted at the International Violin Competition “Cullerarts”, “Cuenca International Music Festival” and “Málaga International Music Festival”.

As Guest conductor, Isabel conduct wind bands all over Spain and Portugal, highlighting professional wind bands in Spain as Alicante, Bilbao, Pontevedra, Vitoria, Santiago de Compostela and Madrid.

As Chief conductor, she conducted wind bands in Murcia and Galicia. She was also a chorus, chamber music, percussion, analysis and orchestra teacher at the conservatory. Isabel was jury in national and international composition and wind band contests in Spain.

She was musician from: Murcia Orchestra, Chapelle Musicale de Tournai, Brussels Orchestra and Murcia Youth Orchestra. Isabel also won an Interpretation Competition in Murcia.

She attended conducting courses and competitions like “Atlantic Coast International Conducting Competition” (Portugal); “Weimar Meisterkurse” (Germany); “Concourse International de Chefs D´Orchestre de Besançon” (France) or “World Music Contest International Conductors Competition” (Netherlands).

Dimitris Spouras is a Greek conductor and clarinet player. Spouras has won the National Greek Conducting Competition, and conducted the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, the MAV Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Flemish Choir, the State Ochestra of Thessaloniki, the State Orchestra of Athens, the Russe Philharmonic Orchestra of Bulgaria, the Royal Norwegian Navy Band, the Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces and many more. While conducting he has worked with acclaimed musicians such as Eliane Rodrigues, Wilfried Van den Brande, Aaron Wajnberg, Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, Nadja Nevolovitsch, Fabio Zanon, Peter Van de Velde and Sabrina Vlaskalic.

As a clarinetist, he has played with London Symphony Orchestra under many famous conductors such as Sir. Simon Rattle, Daniel Harding and Gianandrea Noseda. In 2015 Spouras founded Antwerpen Camerata in Belgium, and he is today both Chief conductor and Artistic Director of the orchestra.

In 2017 he finished his Master at Guildhall School of Music in Clarinet with Distinction Degree and Concert Recital Diploma. While Studying at the Guildhall School of Music with Andrew Marriner at the prestigious Orchestral Artistry Course (A collaboration course with London Symphony Orchestra) he was awarded the Leverhulme Trust scholarship.

His Conducting teachers during his studies and masterclasses include Jorma Panula, Johannes Schlaefli, Christian Ehwald, Ivo Venkov, Stefan Blunier, Vassily Petrenko, Eivind Gulberg Jensen, James Lowe, Ole Kristian Ruud and Maria Makraki.

Hailed as a “Modern Day Maestro”, William Garfield Walker is currently the Chief Conductor of the Nova Orchester Wien (NOW!)- Vienna’s newest professional orchestra. With NOW! Walker has performed for the G20 economic forum. In 2020 Walker was selected by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for the prestigious AAF Ansbacher/Farber Conducting fellowship of the Salzburg Fellowship. In March 2020 a Resolution “Commending the Musical Genius of Mr. William Garfield Walker…” was passed by the Mississippi House of Representatives in a unanimous bipartisan vote. He is also a recipient of the Bruno Walter Memorial Conducting Scholarship.

Walker has performed with orchestras in both Europe and the United States. Some of the orchestras that he has worked with include the Berlin Sinfonietta, Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Janacek Philharmonic Ostrava, London Classical Soloists, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Moonlight Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Reino de Aragon, Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theater Orchestra.

He is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, London, the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna where he was the first conductor to graduate from the top graduate diploma program, and pursued additional conducting studies at the Aspen Music Festival. He has studied with maestro such as Jorma Panula, Vladimir Fedoeseyev, Michail Jurowski, Michael Rosewell, Vassily Sinaisky, and Leonard Slatkin. A versatile musician, Walker began his career at the age of 16 as a cellist in the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and he is also a composer published by the Universal Edition.

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Järvi Academy

jgrdisain — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 11:27:19 +0000

Supporting the education of young musicians has always been important to the Järvi family, and the Academy has grown to be an essential part of the Pärnu Music Festival, involving more than 150 participants each year.

The Conducting Academy invites 16 selected participants and additionally welcomes students to passsively observe. Led by Paavo, Neeme and Kristjan Järvi together with Leonid Grin, the course commences in Tallinn, before relocating to Pärnu for the festival itself. In addition to daily orchestral masterclasses, individual lessons at the piano and lectures, participants also have the opportunity to conduct the Järvi Academy Sinfonietta in festival concerts.

The Instrumental Academy is open to all wind, percussion and string students to apply and welcomes up to 140 young musicians each year. The course commences in Tallinn, before relocating to Pärnu for the festival itself. Students receive 3 individual lessons as well as the chance to play in the Järvi Academy Youth Orchestra opening festival concert, conducted by Neeme Järvi. The course additionally offers lectures and lessons in music phyiology. Teachers include music professors from the world’s leading conservatoires and visiting guest artists.

Watch the final concert of the Järvi Academy 2025 on Pärnu Music Festival TV.
You can listen to the performances of the Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra at the 2025 festival HERE! and HERE!

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