{"id":4992,"date":"2017-06-02T15:55:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T13:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/maaratlemata-en\/maestro-neeme-jarvi-celebrates-his-80th-birthday-with-enso\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T07:19:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T05:19:31","slug":"maestro-neeme-jarvi-celebrates-his-80th-birthday-with-enso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/2017\/06\/maestro-neeme-jarvi-celebrates-his-80th-birthday-with-enso\/","title":{"rendered":"Maestro Neeme J\u00e4rvi celebrates his 80th birthday with ENSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maestro Neeme J\u00e4rvi\u2019s 80th birthday will be celebrated over three festive concerts: on 6 and 7 June at Estonia Concert Hall, and 9 June at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg. Guests from all over the world will be arriving in Tallinn, including representatives of many orchestras where Neeme J\u00e4rvi has had a positive developmental impact as the principal conductor: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Residentie Orkest the Hague, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and of course, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the Estonian National Opera.<\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to Indrek Saar, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, maestro Neeme J\u00e4rvi has been a real cultural ambassador, always introducing Estonia, our culture and music all around the world with great dedication. \u201cHe has performed our composers\u2019 works with world-class orchestras, and is currently one of the most-recorded conductors in the world. His passion and precision are a great example for many young musicians who are just starting their professional path,\u201d Saar added.<br \/>\nIn addition to Neeme J\u00e4rvi, his younger son Kristjan J\u00e4rvi will also be taking up the baton at the 6 June concert, which will also be ENSO\u2019s final concert of the season. On the maestro\u2019s actual birthday, 7 June, his older son, Paavo J\u00e4rvi, will also be conducting. The concerts in Tallinn will feature solo performances by Neeme J\u00e4rvi\u2019s daughter, flautist Maarika J\u00e4rvi, and his long-term creative partner, pianist Kalle Randalu, with the Estonian National Male Choir also appearing on stage. The concert programme in Tallinn will be spectacular: on 6 June, the main piece will be Sibelius\u2019 Symphony No 2 and on 7 June, Tubin\u2019s Symphony No. 5, and these two compositions will also be performed in St. Petersburg.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are witnessing a historical occasion \u2013 we\u2019re very fortunate to have a world-renowned conductor such as Neeme J\u00e4rvi standing in front of ENSO,\u201d said Kristjan Hallik, the General Manager of ENSO. \u201cFor a long time, his inspiring and spontaneous musicality has enchanted audiences and musicians all over the world. This is the first time we are able to celebrate one of the maestro\u2019s major birthdays on the right date in Estonia \u2013 7 June,\u201d Hallik added happily.<br \/>\nSo that everyone can enjoy this festive concert, ETV will be broadcasting the 7 June concert live. Both concerts in Tallinn will be broadcast by Klassikaraadio.<br \/>\nOn 1 June, the exhibition \u201cSissevaade Neeme J\u00e4rvi loomingulisse arhiivi\u201d (An overview of Neeme J\u00e4rvi\u2019s creative archive) was opened in the level 6 Exhibition Hall at the National Library of Estonia. This exhibition offers an overview of the maestro\u2019s engagements and concert performances around the world. The exhibition includes concert programmes, posters, newspaper cuttings, photographs, books, records and congratulatory telegrams, diplomas, thank-you cards, and fan albums compiled by admirers. The exhibition will be open until 17 June 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maestro Neeme J\u00e4rvi\u2019s 80th birthday will be celebrated over three festive concerts: on 6 and 7 June at Estonia Concert Hall, and 9 June at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5402,"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4992\/revisions\/5402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erso.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}