Paavo Järvi has announced the launch of Young Talents, a new performance platform at the Pärnu Music Festival dedicated to showcasing outstanding emerging soloists.

For the inaugural concert on 14 July, Järvi has invited three young artists to perform with the Estonian Festival Orchestra: Paloma So in the Sibelius Violin Concerto, Anaëlle Tourret in Handel’s Harp Concerto, and Tähe-Lee Liiv in Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1.

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The 2026/27 season marks Paavo Järvi’s eighth year as Music Director of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Highlights include a continuation of the Mahler cycle, a special tribute to Beethoven in the 200th anniversary year, and a Prokofiev “exchange” with Gianandrea Noseda and the Zurich Opera House. Wayne Marshall and Khatia Buniatishvili feature as season “Focus Artists” and Swiss composer Dieter Ammann, is this year’s “Creative Chair.

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