Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi ( born December 30, 1962 in Tallinn, Estonia ) is an American conductor Estonian origin.
Paavo Järvi is the son of conductor Neeme Järvi and his wife Liilia. His siblings Kristjan Järvi (born 1972 ) and Maarika Järvi (born 1964 ) are also musicians. His studies (drums and conducting ), he started in Tallinn. In 1980 he traveled with the entire family in the United States, there to complete his education at the Curtis Institute of Music under Otto -Werner Mueller and the " Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute " with Leonard Bernstein. Järvi at the time played drums in Erkki -Sven Tüür chamber music rock ensemble In Spe, this formation evolved in the early 1980s to one of the most popular rock groups in Estonia.
His career as a conductor, he began - with Andrew Davis - as Head of the Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern in Stockholm (1995-1998). 2001-2011 was Järvi chief conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, which he is now connected as Conductor Laureate. In 2004 he was Artistic Director of the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen. 2006-2013 he was the successor of Hugh Wolff chief conductor, now Conductor Laureate, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in Frankfurt am Main. In addition, he has been nominated for the 2010/11 season as chief conductor of the Orchestre de Paris in succession of Christoph Eschenbach. 2012 Järvi was the NHK Symphony Orchestra also 2015/16 as the new chief conductor from the season.
In 2009, played the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen under Paavo Järvi's line of Ludwig van Beethoven 's 9th Symphony on an original text - based. This recording was considered by the critics with great praise.
2012 Järvi received the Paul Hindemith Prize of the city of Hanau.
In the Rhine -Main area Järvi excited by the carried out together with the Hessischer Rundfunk Music Discovery Project, especially among the younger generation a lot of attention. That in 2007 for the first time played concert, which always takes place in interaction with other DJs and artists, has since become a spectator magnet. Goods at the first performance, the two DJs Tom Wax and Boris Alexander guest at Järvi, was 2008, the DJ Mousse T. rendezvous, followed by Paul van Dyk in 2009.