DIAPASON D’Or “ARTISTE DE L’ANNÉE”

France’s leading music magazine – Diapason – has chosen Paavo Järvi as “Artist of the Year” at their annual awards ceremony which took place in Paris last night, just two months after the Estonian conductor was also named “Artist of the Year” by Gramophone Magazine in London. On learning of the award, he commented “To be honoured by one magazine as their chosen Artist of the Year is already great news – to be honoured by two magazines is hugely flattering, and to be honoured by two magazines of such high class international calibre makes me feel both humbled and honoured”.

Paavo was unable to attend the Paris ceremony as he is currently in Germany conducting the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at the start of a tour which sees the launch of their new Brahms Symphony Cycle in the Vienna Konzerthaus, with additional concerts in Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Baden Baden and throughout Korea.

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DER ELEGANTE DIRIGENT

In his ongoing series “Auktakt” on the Süddeutsche Zeitung website, Harald Eggebrecht pays tribute to Paavo Järvi as “one of the most interesting conductors of our time.”

“Paavo Järvi weiß, wie man sich den Musikern elegant und leichtfüßig mitteilt. Er ist einer der interessantesten Dirigenten unserer Zeit.”

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Philharmonia Orchestra

Royal Festival Hall

HAYDN: Symphony No.100, (‘Military’)
NIELSEN: Concerto for Flute, D.F. 119, with Samuel Coles
NIELSEN: Symphony No.5, Op.50

Orchestre de Paris

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles

PÄRT: Silhouette
SAINT-SAËNS: Concerto for Cello No.1 in A minor, Op.33, with Sol Gabetta
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14

Orchestre de Paris

Die Alte Oper Frankfurt

BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, Overture
SAINT-SAËNS: Concerto for Cello No.1 in A minor, Op.33, with Sol Gabetta
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14

Orchestre de Paris

Gasteig, München

BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, Overture
SAINT-SAËNS: Concerto for Cello No.1 in A minor, Op.33, with Sol Gabetta
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14