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Welcome to the Pärnu Music Festival – Estonia’s summer-camp for the musical architects of tomorrow.   World-famous top soloists, a spectacular concert programme, and conductors Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi and…

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…

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…

Nearly 13,000 concertgoers attended the XIV Pärnu Music Festival over ten days, and during the festival, the Pärnu Music Festival TV web broadcasts were watched by 19,081 unique viewers from 72 countries.

“The sense of the world’s wholeness often tends to be lost in contemporary times, and Erkki-Sven Tüür’s music powerfully counterbalances this tendency towards fragmentation…” commented jury chair Helena Tulve on the jury’s decision.

A series of interviews conducted by the Estonian national broadcasting company’s classical radio, Klassikaraadio, with this year’s participants and distinguished soloists during the festival. The interviews offer deep insights into the artists’ experiences and perspectives, enriching our understanding of their performances.

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…