Anu Tali

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One of the most intriguing young conductors on the scene today, Anu Tali belongs to a new generation of artists who are searching for fresh musical ideas in the classical music world.

Music Director: Sarasota Orchestra
Music Director: Nordic Symphony Orchestra

Described by the Herald Tribune as “charismatic, brilliant, energetic”, Anu Tali is one of the most captivating conductors on the international scene today, belonging to a new generation of artists who are constantly striving for fresh and ingenious creativity on the classical stage.

Music Director of the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida between 2013 and 2019, highlights of her 2020/21 season include appearances with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Philharmonic in Moscow’s new Zaryadye Hall, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, and a run of Carmen at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville.

Anu Tali appears regularly with orchestras worldwide including the New Japan and Tokyo Philharmonic orchestras, Orchestre National de France, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestras. In Germany she has worked with the Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

Following major success with the production of Carmen at Magdeburg State Opera, she was invited to conduct the Freiburger Barockorchester in a production of Gluck’s Telemaco at the Schwetzingen Festival and Theater Basel. Another notable highlight includes acclaimed performances of Goebbels’ Songs of Wars I Have Seen with ensembles including the London Sinfonietta at New York’s Lincoln Center, London’s Southbank Centre and in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Seattle and Barcelona.

Anu Tali has been the subject of numerous documentaries by international broadcasters such as ARTE, NHK Japan, YLE Finland and Deutsche Welle.

She studied conducting at the Estonian Academy of Music with Kuno Areng, Toomas Kapten and Roman Matsow, with further studies at the St Petersburg State Conservatory with Ilya Musin and later with Leonid Kortchmar and Jorma Panula.

“Tali and the 27-year-old Czech pianist, Lukáš Vondráček, collaborated on a brilliant reading of Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,” bringing out inner voices and colors that made this work seem reborn. There were ripples of humor, stretches of passion and intense musicality that delineated the kind of music-making generally relegated to the best of chamber performances.”

(Herald-Tribune (Sarasota), November 2013)

“They were led by the brilliant young Estonian conductor Anu Tali […] Ms. Tali conducted grippingly.”

(The New York Times, March 2011)

“The performances are outstanding: Anu Tali already has a very high reputation, and this beautifully recorded and produced disc is without doubt another jewel in her crown.”

(Ivan Moody, International Record Review, January 2011)