News & Reviews
The Top 10 Performances of 2013
Opening the Regional Arts concert series at the Kravis Center in November, this Baltic ensemble proved itself a world-class orchestra, with lustrous strings, tangy woodwinds and mellow brass creating a distinctive, beautifully balanced sound. /…/ One of the year’s most pleasant surprises.Read more
Fine cellist, homegrown music distinguish Estonian Symphony concert
Estonia was one of the three Baltic states suppressed by Soviet Russia in 1940. Thursday night at the Kravis Center, this tiny state of 1.5 million people sent a credible symphony orchestra of 76 players to perform music by Tormis, Dvořák and Brahms in the Regional Arts Concert Series.Read more
The Estonian National Symphony makes a stunning regional debut at Kravis Center
The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra made a stunning South Florida debut Wednesday night at the season opening of the Regional Arts Concert Series, the flagship classical offering of the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.Read more
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra @ Troy Music Hall, 11/11/13
TROY – “Double nickels” was the short hand description given to the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra’s program featuring the fifth symphonies of Sibelius and Tchaikovsky. The concert at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Monday night was presented by the Troy Chromatics.Read more
Estonian Symphony shows its superior music-making
The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra debuted Monday night at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in an impressive display of superior music making.Read more
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Avery Fisher Hall, New York
Under the baton of Neeme Järvi, the Estonians played with pride and warmth.Read more
An Easily A-Choired Taste
The credo behind the White Light Festival comes directly from the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt: “I could compare my music to white light, which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.”Read more
A concert off the beaten path: Neeme Järvi and other Estonians at Lincoln Center
Estonians came to Avery Fisher Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center on Sunday afternoon: the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. They were conducted by the veteran Estonian maestro Neeme Järvi.Read more
Järvi, Estonians bring a pure Northern beauty to White Light Festival
What makes music beautiful? Is there anything fundamental and consistent to that beauty?Read more
White Nights at White Light. The Estonian National Symphonic Orchestra at Lincoln Center
Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi is of the old school, and not just because the conductor is now 76. On Sunday evening, he brought the Estonian National Symphonic Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir to the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center.Read more
