Paavo Järvi
conductor
Estonian Grammy Award-winning conductor Paavo Järvi is widely recognised as one of today’s most eminent conductors, enjoying close partnerships with the finest orchestras around the world. He serves as Chief Conductor of the Tonhalle Orchester-Zürich, as the long-standing Artistic Director of The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since 2004, and as both the founder and Artistic Director of the Estonian Festival Orchestra. From the start of the 2022/23 season he is also Honorary Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
In his fourth season as Music Director of Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi embarks on a new Bruckner cycle in the recently refurbished Grosse Tonhalle and completes the Mendelssohn Cycle, which was the main composer focus of the previous year. He closes the 2022/23 season with performances and a recording of Beethoven’s Fidelio in a new semi-staged production, directed by Eva Buchmann.
As Artistic Director of The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since 2004, Paavo Järvi has focused on in-depth projects of composers including Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms. During the 2022/23 season Paavo Järvi and DKAM continue with their latest project – Haydn’s London Symphonies – which they perform on tour throughout Europe and Asia.
Each season concludes with a week of performances and conducting master-classes at the Pärnu Music Festival in Estonia, which Paavo Järvi founded in 2011. The success of both the Festival and its resident ensemble – the Estonian Festival Orchestra – has led to a string of high profile tours and CD releases.
In addition to his permanent positions, Paavo Järvi is much in demand as a guest conductor, regularly appearing with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Concertgebouworkest and London Philharmonia Orchestra. He also continues to enjoy close relationships with many of the orchestras of which he was previously Music Director, including Orchestre de Paris, and Frankfurt Radio Symphony.
As a dedicated supporter of Estonian culture, Paavo Järvi was awarded the Order of the White Star by the President of Estonia in 2013. Other honours and prizes include a Grammy Award for his recording of Sibelius’ Cantatas, Opus Klassik Conductor of the Year (2019), Rheingau Music Prize (2019) and Gramophone Artist of the Year (2015). He has been awarded Commandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture and received both the Sibelius Medal and Hindemith Prize.
