- 2006 BBC Music Magazine Awards
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.
In addition to his permanent positions, Paavo Järvi is one of the most in-demand guest conductors on the international stage. Highlights of the 2006/07 season include debuts with Vienna Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra and return invitations to Cleveland and Philharmonia Orchestras, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre National de Paris.
The most recent additions to Mr Järvi’s discography for EMI/Virgin Classics include orchestral music by Grieg, the Grammy award-winning recording of Sibelius’s Cantatas, and Grieg’s Peer Gynt, which won the best Orchestral recording in the 2006 BBC Music Magazine Awards. All three discs were recorded with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
Biography
Autumn/Winter 2008: Järvi wins Critics Prize
Spring 07:Järvi appointed MD at Orchestre de Paris
Autumn 06: Maestro on the Move
Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra