Paavo Järvi

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Paavo Järvi ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 30 December 1962) is an Estonian conductor. He has been chief conductor of Zurich's Tonhalle since 2020. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life

Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia (then occupied by the Soviet Union), to Liilia Järvi and the Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also musicians. After leaving Estonia in 1980, the family settled in the United States. Järvi studied privately with Leonid Grin in Philadelphia, at the Curtis Institute of Music with Max Rudolf and Otto-Werner Mueller, and at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute with Leonard Bernstein. The family moved back to Estonia in the 1990s. File:Anton Bruckner Symphony no. 3 3rd movement excerpt.mp3

Career

From 1994 to 1997, Järvi was principal conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra. From 1995 to 1998, he shared the title of principal conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra with Sir Andrew Davis. Järvi was musical director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2011.<ref name=Gelfand>Template:Cite news</ref> The orchestra made a number of recordings for the Telarc label during Järvi's tenure. In May 2011, he was named the orchestra's Music Director Laureate. Since 2004, he has been the Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and an Artistic Advisor to the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. In 2006, Järvi became the Principal Conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony,<ref name=frankfurt>Template:Cite press release</ref> and served in the post until 2014. In 2010, he became Musical Director of the Orchestre de Paris,<ref name=westphal>Template:Cite news</ref> concluding his tenure in 2016, the same year in which he was named Artist of the Year by both Gramophone and Diapason magazines.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Järvi is the founder and artistic director of both the Pärnu Music Festival and the Estonian Festival Orchestra. Järvi first guest-conducted the Tonhalle Orchestra in 2009, and returned in December 2016.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> In May 2017, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich announced the appointment of Järvi as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of five years. In December 2022, the orchestra announced an extension of Järvi's contract as its chief conductor through the 2028-2029 season.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Outside of Europe, in June 2012, the NHK Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Järvi as its chief conductor, beginning in the 2015–2016 season, with an initial contract of three years,<ref name=nhk>Template:Cite press release</ref> which was extended a further three years to 2021. In November 2019, the NHK Symphony announced an extension of his contract through August 2022,<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> at which time he stepped down as its chief conductor.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Järvi has recorded for such labels as RCA, Deutsche Grammophon, PENTATONE, Telarc, ECM, BIS and Virgin Records. His Virgin Classics recording of Sibelius Cantatas with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Male Choir and Ellerhein Girls Choir won a Grammy Award for "Best Choral Performance".

Orchestras

Personal life

Järvi has two daughters, Lea and Ingrid, from his past marriage to the violinist Tatiana Berman.<ref name="arnstein">Template:Cite news</ref> Järvi was featured in the documentary Maestro, directed by David Donnelly. He obtained American citizenship in 1985.<ref name=Gelfand />

Awards

  • 2002: Award of the Estonian Cultural Endowment for the Performing Arts (outstanding performances of Estonian music abroad)
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  • 2012: Award of the Estonian Cultural Endowment for the Performing Arts (for organizing the Järvi Festival and the spectacular introduction of Estonian music on world stages)
  • 2013: Order of the White Star, Estonia<ref name="Pärnu Music Festival 2023 s635">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2015: Sibelius Medal<ref name="Sibelius One 2015 y341">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2017: Estonian Music Council Music Award (for keeping Estonian music on the world map as a top conductor)
  • 2019: Echo Klassik German major classical music award in the category "Conductor of the Year" for his recording of all of Jean Sibelius' symphonies with l'Orchestre de Paris<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2024: Postimees Award for Cultural Mover for bringing Estonian music to the world, launching the Estonian Festival Orchestra and making it influential
  • 2024: International Classical Music Award (ICMA) for the best symphonic music recording of the year (to Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle Symphony Orchestra of Zurich for their recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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