Paavo Järvi
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Paavo Järvi (born December 30, 1962) is an Estonian-American [1]conductor.
Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to conductor Neeme Järvi and Liilia Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also musicians. "A Maestro And His Plans For Reshaping An Orchestra", The New York Times, April 18, 2004.He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music,and at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute with Leonard Bernstein.
Järvi was named music director of the Cincinnati Symphony in January 2000, and assumed the post with the 2001-2002 season. In April 2007, the orchestra announced Järvi's contract with the CSO would be extended through 2011, at which point the contract would become an "evergreen" agreement.[2] In addition to his American position, since 2004, he has been the artistic director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Bremen.
In 2006, Järvi became the principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra . In May 2007, the Orchestre de Paris named Järvi as its next music director, beginning with the 2010/2011 season.[3]
The orchestras Paavo Järvi has guest-conducted include the Orchestre National de France, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the NHK Symphony Orchestra[4], the Philharmonia,the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He debuted with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006, conducting Franz Schubert's Great C major symphony.
He has recorded for the RCA label as well as Telarc, ECM, BIS and Virgin Records.
His Virgin Classics recording of Sibelius Cantatas with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Male Choir and Ellerhein Girls Choir won a Grammy Award for “Best Choral Performance”.
[edit] References
- ^ "Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra: Conductors". http://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/Musicians/Jarvi.asp. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
- ^ Vivien Schweitzer (3 May 2007). "Cincinnati Symphony Renews Paavo Järvi's Contract - And Adds Evergreen Clause". Playbill Arts. http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6424.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ Matthew Westphal (31 May 2007). "Paavo Järvi to Succeed Christoph Eschenbach at Helm of Orchestre de Paris". PlaybillArts. http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6577.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ Paavo Järvi Biography, Hessischer Rundfunk, Germany, http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/kultur/index.jsp?key=standard_document_35831936&rubrik=40158, retrieved 2009-06-01
[edit] External links
- Paavo Järvi official website
- Paavo Järvi at Allmusic
- Radio Interview With Chris Comer & Rob Ervin February 2004
| Preceded by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky |
Principal Conductor, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 1995–1998 (with Andrew Davis) |
Succeeded by Alan Gilbert |
| Preceded by Daniel Harding |
Artistic Director, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Bremen 2004-present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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