Paavo Järvi
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Biography
Son of renowned Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi followed the same path. Born on December 30, 1962 in Tallinn (Estonia), he trained in Estonia and then in the United States, at the Curtis Institute of Music and with Leonard Bernstein. Winner of a Grammy Award for his interpretation of the Sibelius Cantatas, he established himself in the 1990s as Principal Conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra (1994-1997) and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (1995-1998), before becoming Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (2001-2011, then Music Director Emeritus). In parallel, he has been Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since 2004, Principal Conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (2006-2014, then Conductor Laureate) and Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris (2010-2016). He was also Principal Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo from 2015 and, since the 2019-2020 season, is Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Known for the clarity of his style, his expertise in timbre and orchestral color, Paavo Järvi divides his repertoire between the great classics such as Beethoven, Mozart, Bruckner and Mahler, contemporary composers including El Khoury, Thierry Escaich and Arvo Pärt and, to a large extent, the promotion of Estonian composers such as Erkki Sven Tüür. His complete Beethoven symphonies were published in 2013, followed by Sibelius in 2019. Between recordings, the naturalized American conductor continues to pursue an intense international career as guest conductor with the world's leading orchestras. Founder and artistic director of the Estonian Festival Orchestra, established in 2011, he signed the Credo album dedicated to Arvo Pärt with this ensemble in 2025.
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Albums
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D'Indy: Jour d'été à la montagne & Symphonie sur un chant montagnard, 'Cévenole'
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Paavo Järvi/National Male Choir of Estonia/Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Ellerhein Girls' C
Sibelius:Cantatas
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Marek Janowski/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/London Symphony Orchestra
Wagner - Orchestral Music
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Paavo Järvi
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129 ; Bruch: Kol Nidrei ; Bloch: Schelomo
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Top Tracks
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- Peer Gynt (incidental music): No. 8 I Dovregubbens hall/In the Hall of the Mountain King (Choir) featuring Paavo Järvi/Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Peer Gynt (incidental music): No. 12 à ses død/The death of Ase (Prelude to Act 3) by Paavo Järvi
- 6. Vidit suum by Paavo Järvi
- 5. Quis est homo by Paavo Järvi
- 7. Eja mater by Paavo Järvi
- 3. O quam tristis by Paavo Järvi
- 4. Quae moerebat by Paavo Järvi
- 1. Stabat Mater dolorosa by Paavo Järvi
- Poulenc: Litanies à la Vierge noire by Paavo Järvi
- 2. Cujus animam gementem by Paavo Järvi
- 5. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei by Paavo Järvi
- 4. Domini Fili Unigenite by Paavo Järvi
- 6. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris by Paavo Järvi
- 3. Domine Deus by Paavo Järvi
- 2. Laudamus te by Paavo Järvi
- 1. Gloria by Paavo Järvi
- Super flumina Babylonis
- Peer Gynt (incidental music): No. 13 Morgenstemning/Morning Mood (prelude to Act 4) by Paavo Järvi
- 11. Inflammatus et accensus by Paavo Järvi
- 10. Fac ut portem by Paavo Järvi
- 9. Sancta mater by Paavo Järvi
- 8. Fac ut ardeat by Paavo Järvi
- 12. Quando corpus by Paavo Järvi
- Pelléas et Mélisande - incidental music, Op.46: By a spring in the park by Paavo Järvi
