theartsdesk at the Pärnu Music Festival 2026 - utopia with the Järvis and other great musicians
The Art Desk The Estonian Festival Orchestra rules supreme, but other aspects just got even better by David Nice Friday, 24 July 2026 Share Facebook Twitter Email Paavo, Neeme and Kristjan Järvi with the young musicians and conductors of the Järvi Academy Kaupo Kikkas "It was insanely excellent," enthused one of the Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra's young musicians about the Estonian Festival Orchestra's performance of Nielsen's Third Symphony with its inspirational guiding light, Paavo Järvi. Seated in the balcony behind and above the orchestra, the lucky youthful players rose to their feet the minute the work ended. They earned their laurels, too, in the opening concert under Paavo's father Neeme, 89 – undiminished in his passion for the rich and rare, glowing with the new life the youth orchestra has given him despite a fall at the Estonian Song Festival which put him out of action last summer. So the circle of love and excellence the ...
