David Oistrahhi Festival, 12. – 25. juuli, 2009, Pärnu David Oistrakh ...

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Residentie-Orkesti peadirigendi kohale Hollandis. Järvi on
juhatanud kõiki tuntumaid sümfooniaorkestreid Euroopas,
Põhja-Ameerikas, Jaapanis ja Austraalias ning olnud oodatud
ooperidirigent mainekates teatrimajades nii Euroopas kui
Põhja- ja Lõuna-Ameerikas. Oma karjääri jooksul on ta
juhatanud kokku 157 orkestrit. Ta on oma orkestrid teinud
rahvusvaheliselt kõrgelt tunnustatuks nii kontserdireiside kui
ka plaadistustega. Järvi on 417 salvestusega kaasaja üks enim
plaadistanud dirigent.
Kaheksa aastat, aastatel 2000–2008 juhendas Neeme Järvi suviti
Pärnus rahvusvahelist dirigentide meistrikursust. Tänavusel
festivalil astub maestro dirigendipulti, juhatades Üle-Eestilist
Noorte Sümfooniaorkestrit.
The best-known contemporary Estonian conductor Neeme
Järvi studied conducting and percussion at the Tallinn Music
School, and orchestra and opera conducting at the Leningrad
Conservatoire. He graduated in the class of Professor Nikolay
Rabinovich in 1960. He started to work as a conductor in Tallinn
and continued his postgraduate studies under the guidance of
Evgeny Mravinsky. He was in 1960–1979 a conductor and the
chief conductor of the current Estonian National Symphony
Orchestra (ERSO, under his lead the orchestra was given its
national status); 1963–1975 the chief conductor of the Opera
and Ballet Theatre “Estonia” (now the Estonian National
Opera). In 1971 he was awarded the 1st prize at Santa Cecilia
Academy international competition in Rome.
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Neeme Järvi and his family left the Soviet Estonia for the USA in
1980 and have lived there ever since. He was the chief conductor
of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra 1982–2004 and the
chief conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra 1984–
1988 (now he is the conductor of honour of both orchestras).
He was the first guest conductor of the City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra and is the chief guest conductor of the
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo till today. In 1990 he
became the musical director and chief conductor of the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra. He laid down his duties in June 2005
when the orchestra organised a farewell festival (he was
made the orchestra’s Musical Director Emeritus). From autumn
2005 he is the musical director of the New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra (USA) and he was designated as the chief conductor
of the Hague Residentie-Orchestra in the Netherlands.
Neeme Järvi and his wife Liilia have three children – conductors
Paavo Järvi and Kristjan Järvi, and flutist Maarika Järvi;
and for now six grandchildren.
8 years, from 2000–2008, Neeme Järvi was running the international
conductors’ master courses in Pärnu which took place
in the framework of the David Oistrakh Festival. This year
maestro will step on the stage as the conductor of the Estonian
National Youth Symphony Orchestra.