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Paavo Järvi
12+ albums
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Grammy-award winning Paavo Järvi has built a remarkable conducting reputation. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, he studied percussion and conducting at the Tallinn School of Music then, in 1980, moved to the USA where he continued his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, with Leonard Bernstein. He became Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in September 2001 and has recently extended his contract with the orchestra until 2011/12. During his Music Directorship they have toured together throughout America (including a California and a West Coast tour) and Japan. Their second tour of Europe in April 2008 was a major success and included concerts in Vienna, Paris,Amsterdam, Munich,Frankfurt, Hamburg,Barcelona and Madrid. Currently in his third season as Music Director of Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi and the orchestra have just returned from a very successful tour to China and. Previous tours have taken them to major European Festivals, including the BBC Proms, the Rheingau Musik Festival in Germany and the Robeco Summer series in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Paavo Järvi has been the Artistic Leader of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since 2004 and has led the orchestra to highest public and critical acclaim for their concerts and recordings (on SonyBMG) of Beethoven Symphonies. Their first CD with Symphonies No 3 and 8 won the prestigious Annual German Record Critics’ Prize for 2007, while the
top songs
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Romeo And Juliet Op. 64, ACT 1: The Knights' Dance
3,7232Jazz Suite No.2: VI. Waltz 2
1,8663Masquerade: Waltz
1,0464La Sindone
8335Swansong
7686Borodin: Prince Igor, Act 2, Polovtsian Dances: Pt. 2
6727Peer Gynt (incidental Music): No. 13 Morgenstemning/Morning Mood (prelude to Act 4)
5698Peer Gynt (incidental music): No. 8 I Dovregubbens hall/In the Hall of the Mountain King (Choir)
4159Fratres (Version for String Orchestra and Percussions)
41310Shostakovich: Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, Op. 50b: No. 2, Waltz
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