Kristjan Hallik, Member of the Board of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, signed a contract with ENSO’s artistic director and principal conductor Neeme J\u00e4rvi, according to which J\u00e4rvi will continue in the same position until 2020.<\/p>\n
ENSO and Neeme J\u00e4rvi’s plans for the coming years include a concert tour of the USA (2018), and the performance of Rudolf Tobias’ oratory \u201cJonah’s Mission\u201d at the Konzerthaus Berlin (2018). At the beginning of the 2017\/2018 season, there are also plans to record Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony and the song cycle \u201cSongs\u00a0of a Wayfarer\u201d with the world-famous baritone Thomas Hampson, in collaboration with the renowned DVD producer Cultural Media Collaborative.<\/p>\n
During the coming seasons, the orchestra is planning to perform all of Beethoven’s symphonies under the baton of Neeme J\u00e4rvi. Recordings will also continue, as well as presenting exciting soloists at ENSO concerts.<\/p>\n
Neeme J\u00e4rvi considers the quality of ENSO to be high, and the working atmosphere excellent, \u201cThere is currently an enthusiastic and seriously creative mood in ENSO. I can sense that everyone’s interested in the results being as good as possible,\u201d the maestro said.<\/p>\n
ENSO together with Neeme J\u00e4rvi will continue in the orchestra’s current direction, which aims to balance between traditional classical music and new contemporary trends. The collaboration between ENSO and its current principal conductor continues to also attract attention internationally. Last week, the list of nominations for the International Classical Music Awards 2017 was revealed, with the album of Prokofiev’s violin concertos performed by ENSO, Neeme J\u00e4rvi and the violinist Vadim Gluzman and published in spring this year being one of the nominees in the category of Best Collection. The winners will be announced on 20 January 2017.<\/p>\n
Neeme J\u00e4rvi\u2019s cooperation with ENSO began in 1956,\u00a0in 1960 he became a regular conductor and in 1963 the principal conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Estonian Radio (the present Estonian National Symphony Orchestra). Neeme J\u00e4rvi\u2019s arrival brought about a considerable improvement and stabilization in the quality of the orchestra\u2019s performance. Neeme J\u00e4rvi\u2019s reunion with ENSO after his emigration to the US early in 1980 happened in 1993, from\u00a0the season 2010\/2011 he is the artistic director of ENSO again.<\/p>\n
Neeme J\u00e4rvi has been of the most active promoters of Estonian music in the world. He and ENSO have been the first to perform such Estonian musical compositions as Arvo P\u00e4rt\u2019s Symphonies No 1 (1964) and No 3 (1971, dedicated to Neeme J\u00e4rvi) and Eduard Tubin\u2019s Symphony No 8 (1967).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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