The 91st season of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra offers a range of brilliant soloists and conductors any orchestra or concert hall would be proud to have in their season programme.<\/p>\n
We have divided our concerts into seven series, each of which has its own face and style. However, there is always one common quality: the best audience deserves a fascinating programme and the best performances from top artists in their field. The premier orchestra of Estonia offers just that.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ROMANTICISM The \u201cRomanticism\u201d concert series offers audiences several of the most beautiful pieces of music from the Romantic period. Soloists in front of the orchestra are Zee Zee, the Chinese pianist and winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, and Dana Zemtsov, one of the most dazzling viola talents of her generation. The opening concert of the season is conducted by Neeme J\u00e4rvi, the principal conductor and artistic director of the orchestra, while the conductor at the concert \u201cCarnival\u201d is Daniel Raiskin, the guest principal conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. You can also enjoy romantic music performed by ENSO chamber ensembles.<\/p>\n Friday 15 September 2017 \u2013 SEASON OPENING CONCERT, conductor NEEME J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong> Series tickets for the \u201cRomanticism\u201d concert series: 42\u20ac \/ 30\u20ac (available until 13.09.2017) MAESTRO The \u201cMaestro\u201d concert series is a true parade of stars: conducting for the first time in Estonia are Thomas Zehetmair, the internationally recognized Austrian violinist and conductor, as well as Robert Trevino, a younger generation American conductor who has quickly gained international recognition and will start his second season as the principal conductor of the Basque National Orchestra. They are seconded by Olari Elts, the guest principal conductor at ENSO, who is often praised for his excellent skills in concert programming as well as his irresistible energy and joy in music-making. Soloists include Baiba Skride, the Latvian violinist working with the world\u2019s best orchestras, here performing Eller\u2019s violin concerto, and Irina Zakharenkova, one of the most original pianists in Estonia, who will perform Schumann\u2019s Piano Concerto.<\/p>\n Friday 13 October 2017 \u2013 ZEHETMAIR AND MENDELSSOHN, conductor THOMAS ZEHETMAIR<\/a><\/strong> Series tickets for the “Maestro” concert series: 42\u20ac \/ 30\u20ac (available until 11.10.2017) HARMONY Concerts in the \u201cHarmony\u201d series are conducted by the principal conductor and artistic director at ENSO, Neeme J\u00e4rvi and his younger son Kristjan J\u00e4rvi, who is known for his dashing and innovative ideas. Kristjan J\u00e4rvi is the principal conductor of the Leipzig MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Gstaad Festival Orchestra as well as the founding member and conductor of the Absolute Ensemble and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic.<\/p>\n The soloists in Brahms\u2019 Double Concerto are Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, the best known Estonian violin soloist, and Jan-Erik Gustafsson, one of the most outstanding cello soloists in Finland. The two musicians can often be seen performing together on stages all over the world. The concert \u201cThe Brilliant Flute\u201d is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Samuel Saulus, the most distinguished and influential Estonian wind instrument player of all times. Soloists at Mozart\u2019s Flute Concerto and Flute and Harp Concerto are Clara Andrada de la Calle, the solo flutist with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and solo harpist with ENSO, Assia Cunego. Carried by the idea of artistic synthesis, the concert \u201cRing\u201d in the programme of ENSO\u2019s end of season festival \u201cPractical Spirituality\u201d combines the grandiose work of two German composers, Richard Wagner and Sven Helbig.<\/p>\n Friday 3 November 2017 \u2013 DOUBLE CONCERTO, conductor NEEME J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong> Series tickets for the \u201cHarmony\u201d concert series: 42\u20ac \/ 30\u20ac (available until 1.11.2017) PIANO CONCERTO<\/strong> For the first time, the ENSO concert series also include a special treat for all piano music lovers.<\/p>\n Denis Kozuhkhin, a pianist from Nizhny Novgorod, who has made his way up to the world\u2019s most reputed concert halls, has won first prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition among many other awards. He now works with the world\u2019s top orchestras and conductors. In Tallinn he will perform Prokofiev\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 3.<\/p>\n The young Estonian pianist, Auli Lonks, became known to Estonian audiences when participating in the first season of the TV show \u201cKlassikat\u00e4hed\u201d (Classical Stars). She recently won first prize at a competition of instrumental soloists at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Symphony Orchestra. With ENSO and the EAMT Symphony Orchestra she will perform Ravel\u2019s Piano Concerto in G major.<\/p>\n Born in Kharkiv and currently living in New York, Anna Shelest has been praised by the New York Times for her \u201cfiery sensibility and warm touch\u201d in piano playing, as well as for her excellent sense of partnership with an orchestra. In Tallinn she will perform Rubinstein\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 3 with ENSO, conducted by Neeme J\u00e4rvi.<\/p>\n The piano concerto with an intriguing title \u201cCentury Rolls\u201d by the American composer John Adams embraces, according to the composer himself, the piano music of the entire previous century, while being mainly inspired by the sounds of the pianola, the self-playing piano that became popular at the beginning of the 20th century. The soloist, the Icelandic V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson is one of the most original younger generation pianists who represents a rare combination of passionate musicality, explosive virtuosity and intellectual curiosity.<\/p>\n Friday 20 October 2017 \u2013 SHOSTAKOVICH AND PROKOFIEV, conductor NIKOLAI ALEXEEV<\/a> Series tickets for the \u201cPiano Concerto\u201d series: 55\u20ac \/ 40\u20ac (available until 18.10.2017) MUSIC OF THE FUTURE The \u201cMusic of the Future\u201d concert series collaborates with three innovative cross-border music festivals: AFEKT International Modern Music Festival, Estonian Music Days and the ENSO end of season festival \u201cPractical Spirituality\u201d. The Swiss conductor Baldur Br\u00f6nnimann mainly focuses on contemporary music that poses fascinating and complex challenges; Risto Joost is the multi-talented principal conductor of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Leipzig MDR Radio Choir, the artistic director of the Tallinn Philharmonic Society and the Birgitta Festival and conductor of the Estonian National Opera.<\/p>\n Two concerts in the \u201cMusic of the Future\u201d series will be conducted by Kristjan J\u00e4rvi. The first, \u201cI Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain\u201d, a composition by the German electronic musician Sven Helbig, will be performed by Voces Musicales and the composer himself. In December, Kristjan J\u00e4rvi will conduct the performance of an extraordinary composition that combines economy with music. \u201cRegular Crisis\u201d is a film with a live soundtrack that has been called a cantata on the global economy. Appearing on a film screen set up in the Estonia Concert Hall, Steve Forbes, Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Gurr\u00eda, Manfred Bischoff and other key figures in global industry and finance share their thoughts on the current state and future vision of the economy. Tensions will be added and relieved by the music composed by Louis Andriessen, Bryce Dessner, Jonny Greenwood, Kristjan J\u00e4rvi and others.<\/p>\n Friday 27 October 2017 \u2013 RITUALS: Opening concert of the AFEKT Festival, conductor BALDUR BR\u00d6NNIMANN<\/a><\/strong> Series tickets for the \u201cMusic of the Future\u201d series: 55 \u20ac \/ 40 \u20ac (available until 25.10.2017) CITY LIGHTS This season you can enjoy the bright shine of big city lights with ENSO at four different concerts. The concert \u201cTallinn \u2192 Ann Arbor\u201d will fly Estonia\u2019s premier orchestra on tour in the United States for the third time, and \u201cTallinn \u2192 Shanghai\u201d to China and Hong Kong. The concerts are conducted by Arvo Volmer, the former principal conductor of ENSO and the current principal conductor of the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, and Leif Segerstam, one of the most renowned Finnish conductors who regularly works as a guest conductor with symphony orchestras all over the world and conducts performances in the New York Metropolitan Opera, London Royal Opera House, La Scala in Milan and others. In recent years Segerstam has been working as the principal conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/p>\n Paris and Los Angeles, metropolises of Europe and the United States, are brought to audiences through the compositions by Igor Stravinsky. It was in these two cities that the cosmopolitan composer lived for the longest time.<\/p>\n One of the most original younger generation pianists, V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson, comes to Tallinn from Reykjavik, Iceland, the northernmost capital of the world, bringing Estonian and Icelandic musicians and music together on stage.<\/p>\n Friday 8 December 2017 \u2013 PARIS AND LOS ANGELES, conductor NIKOLAI ALEXEEV<\/a><\/strong> Series tickets for the \u201cCity Lights\u201d concert series: 55\u20ac \/ 40\u20ac (available until 6.12.2017) FESTIVAL \u201cPRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPractical Spirituality\u201d is ENSO\u2019s end of season festival which demonstrates the ability of a symphony orchestra to bring together music and musicians more broadly than allowed by the usual format of concerts on Friday evenings. The initial concept for ENSO and Kristjan J\u00e4rvi was the search for meaning and transcendence in music and the idea of music as a means for perceiving religion, cosmic vibrations and harmony. A festival of the same name was already held in June 2017 in Leipzig, with the Leipzig MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra as the main partner for Kristjan J\u00e4rvi, the leader of the festival.<\/p>\n The charisma of Kristjan J\u00e4rvi, the fascinating repertoire and soloists performing for the first time in Estonia (the Icelandic pianist V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson and the German composer, producer, arranger and electronic musician Sven Helbig) will guarantee a freshness and energetic charge for the festival.<\/p>\n Friday 18 May 2018 \u2013 CENTURY ROLLS, conductor KRISTJAN J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong>
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\n<\/strong>Presented by Reval Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n
\nFriday<\/strong> 15 December 2017 \u2013 CARNIVAL, conductor DANIEL RAISKIN<\/a><\/strong>
\nFriday<\/strong> 9 February 2018 \u2013 ROMANTIC CHAMBER MUSIC, ENSO chamber ensembles <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nFriday\u00a0<\/strong>17 November 2017 \u2013 ELTS AND SKRIDE, conductor OLARI ELTS
\n<\/a><\/strong>Friday<\/strong> 22 December 2017 \u2013 TREVINO AND BRUCKNER, conductor ROBERT TREVINO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>Presented by E-piim<\/p>\n
\nFriday<\/strong> 4 May 2018 \u2013 BRILLIANT FLUTE: SAMUEL SAULUS 85, conductor NEEME J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong>
\nThursday<\/strong> 24 May 2018 \u2013 RING, Festival \u201cPractical Spirituality\u201d, conductor KRISTJAN J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nPresented by Liviko<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> Friday<\/strong> 27 April 2018 \u2013 DVO\u0158\u00c1K AND RAVEL, conductor PAUL M\u00c4GI<\/a><\/strong>
\nFriday<\/strong> 11.05.2018 \u2013 BEETHOVEN AND RUBINSTEIN, conductor NEEME J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong>
\nFriday<\/strong> 18 May 2018 \u2013 CENTURY ROLLS, Festival \u201cPractical Spirituality\u201d, conductor KRISTJAN J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong> Presented by 4 Energia<\/p>\n
\nFriday<\/strong> 1 December 2017 \u2013 REGULAR CRISIS, conductor KRISTJAN J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong>
\nFriday<\/strong> 13 April 2018 \u2013 HOLY MAGMA: Estonian Music Days, conductor RISTO JOOST<\/a><\/strong>
\nTuesday 22 May 2018 \u2013 I EAT THE SUN AND DRINK THE RAIN, Festival \u201cPractical Spirituality\u201d, Voces Musicales, conductor KRISTJAN J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong> Presented by Radisson Blu<\/p>\n
\nFriday<\/strong> 19 January 2017 \u2013 TALLINN \u2192 ANN ARBOR, conductor ARVO VOLMER<\/a><\/strong>
\nFriday<\/strong> 9 March 2018 \u2013 TALLINN \u2192 SHANGHAI, conductor LEIF SEGERSTAM<\/a><\/strong>
\nSunday<\/strong> 20 May 2018 \u2013 FROM ICE TO EST, Festival \u201cPractical Spirituality\u201d, ENSO chamber ensembles and pianist V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nSunday<\/strong> 20 May 2018 \u2013 FROM ICE TO EST, ENSO chamber ensembles and pianist V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson<\/a><\/strong>
\nTuesday 22 May 2018 \u2013 I EAT THE SUN AND DRINK THE RAIN, Voces Musicales, conductor KRISTJAN J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong>
\nThursday 24 May 2018 \u2013 RING, conductor KRISTJAN J\u00c4RVI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n