Erki Pehk CONDUCTOR

March 6, 2025 - Concert from the series "Thursdays with aMuz" in Gdańsk

march 6, 2025 at 7.00 PM
Concert Hall of the Gdańsk Academy of Music

The Gdańsk Academy of Music's concert series "Thursdays with aMuz" will feature graduates of the academy.

Program:

Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) – "Noches en los jardines de España” 
(Nights in the Gardens of Spain) for piano and orchestra (1916)

Max Bruch (1838 - 1920) – Concerto for clarinet and viola in E minor, Op. 88 (1911)

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010) - Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
for soprano and orchestra (1976)

Soloists:
Arturo Sanz Gutiérrez (piano)
Weronika Cichy (clarinet)
Hanna Senkevich (viola)
Ewelina Stańczyk (soprano)

The Symphony Orchestra of the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk



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February 24, 2025 - Concert "On the Wings of Hope" in Panevezys

February 24, 2025 at 6.00 PM
PANEVĖŽYS Musical Theater, Lithuania

The concert "On the Wings of Hope" in the Panevėžys Musical Theater is dedicated to the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, the Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania, and the heroic struggle of the Ukrainian people.

Program:
Heino Eller (1887-1970) - Homeland Melody (1953) arr. by Jievaras Jasinskis (2024)
Ukrainian folk song - Plyve Kacha (A Duckling Swims) arr. by Viktor Rekalo (2022)
Oleksandr Shchetynsky (1960) - Symphonic lullaby On the Wings of Hope (2025)*
Ardyvas Malcys (1957) - Bolero for chamber orchestra (2017)
Arvo Pärt (1935) - Salve Regina for choir, celesta and string orchestra (2001/2011)
Myroslav Skoryk (1938-2020) - Melody for choir and string orchestra (1982)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis  (1875-1911) - Cantata De Profundis (1899)
Valentin Silvestrov (1937) - Prayer for Ukraine  for choir and orchestra (2014/2023)

* World premiere

Panevėžys Music Theatre Choir / Giedrius Pavilionis
Panevėžys Music Theatre Orchestra

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October 12, 2024 - Concert "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Klaipėda

October 12, 2024 at 6.30 PM
Klaipėda Concert Hall, Lithuania

Concert "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Program:

Georgii Moroz (2001) - Chamber Symphony No. 1 "Classical" (2021)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - Adagietto from the Symphony No. 5 (1902)
Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963) - Concerto funebre for violin and strings (1939)
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - "A Midsummer Night's Dream" suite from the incidental music (1842) to W.Shakespeare's comedy arranged by Oleksandr Shchetynsky (2017)

Soloists:
Dmytro Udovychenko (violin)

Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra 

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September 1, 2024 - The opening concert of the 30th season of the Panevėžys Musical Theater

September 1, 2024 at 6.00 PM
 Panevėžys Musical Theater

Panevėžys Music Theater jubilee season opening concert "Voices of the Future"

The program includes opera arias and duets by Bizet, Cilea, Donizetti, Gounod, Massenet, Offenbach and Puccini, as well as numbers from Lloyd Weber's musical Phantom of the Opera.

Soloists:
Sandra Lebrikaitė  (soprano)
Eugenia Babich (mezzo-soprano)
Michał Janicki (baritone)
Ekaterina Rodionova (violin)

Panevėžys Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra
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August 30, 2024 - The opening gala concert of the festival "Inizio"

August 30, 2024 at 6.00 PM
Anykščiai Cultural Center

The opening gala of the international music festival "Inizio".

The program includes opera arias and duets by Bizet, Cilea, Donizetti, Gounod, Massenet, Offenbach and Puccini, as well as numbers from Lloyd Weber's musical Phantom of the Opera.

Soloists:
Sandra Lebrikaitė  (soprano)
Eugenia Babich (mezzo-soprano)
Michał Janicki (baritone)
Ekaterina Rodionova (violin)

Panevėžys Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra

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August 23, 2024 - Festive concert "Baltic Chain - 35" on Vilnius Cathedral Square

August 23, 2024 at 7.00 PM
Anykščiai Cultural Center

In 2024, the entire free world will celebrate the 35th anniversary of one of humanity's most powerful acts of solidarity, the "Baltic Chain". On this occasion, a festive open-air concert will be held on Cathedral Square in Vilnius, where artists and conductors from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will perform together with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and perform music from the three Baltic countries. Estonia is represented by Maarja Nuut and conductor Erki Pehk.
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July 6, 2024 - Gala concert "Puccini and his contemporaries" in Kaunas

July 6, 2024 at 8.00 PM
Open-air stage in Kaunas castle ruins

In 2024, the music world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the death of the brilliant Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. Two gala concerts will be held as part of the XXIII International Festival "Operetė Kaunas Pilije" - the first one is G. Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" and the other the most beautiful opera melodies of G. Puccini and his contemporary composers. Not only well-known Lithuanian artists will perform, but also guest performers from Japan.

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May 17, 2024 - Concert "The Voices of Spring" in Panevežys

May 17, 2024 at 6.00 PM
PANEVĖŽYS Musical Theater, Lithuania

The opening concert of the family festival "For Music and Childhood"

Program:

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - Sinfonia concertante for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon,
             and orchestra, Hob.I:105 (1792)
Frederick Delius (1862-1934) - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) - Solveig's Song from "Peer Gynt" (1875)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894)
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) - The Voices of Spring Op.410 (1882)

Soloists:
Agnė Ivanauskaitė (oboe)
Lukas Grinkas (bassoon)
Ekaterina Rodionova (violin)
Julius Kletas Jonušas (violoncello)

Panevėžys Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra

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February 24, 2024 - Concert "On the Wings of Hope" in Panevezys

February 24, 2024 at 6.00 PM
PANEVĖŽYS Musical Theater, Lithuania

The concert "On the Wings of Hope" in the Panevėžys Musical Theater is dedicated to the Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania, the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, and the heroic struggle of the Ukrainian people.

Program:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Symphonic poem Siegfried Idyll (1870/78)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) - Requiem op. 48 (1887–90)

Soloists:
Salomėja Petronytė (soprano)
Arminas Skirvainis (baritone)

Šiauliai State Chamber Choir "Polifonija"
Panevėžys Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra
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September 7-12, 2023 - Opera Cinderella by Massenet

September 7, 2023, at 6 pm
Kaunas State Musical Theatre, Lithuania

September 10 and 12, 2023, at 5 pm and 7 pm
Endla Theatre, Festival PromFest


Jules Massenet (1842-1912)  
Cinderella
Opera fairy tale in four acts

Stage Director: Jüri Nael
Soloists: Zuzanna Nalewajek (Cinderella), Abi Levis (Charming Prince), Jomantė Šležaitė  (Madame de la Haltière ) Eszter Zemlényi  (the Fairy), Laimonas Pautienius  (Pandlolfe), Gabrielė Bukinė (Noémie), Ieva Goleckytė (Dorothée), Vladimiras Prudnikovas (the King)

Orchestra and Choir of The Kaunas State Musical Theatre
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March 24, 2023  -  Opera The Turk in Italy by Rossini

February 2 and March 24, 2023, at 6 pm
Kaunas State Musical Theatre, Lithuania

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
The Turk in Italy
Comic opera in two acts

Stage Director: Andrus Vaarik
Soloists: Joris Rubinovas or Giedrius Prunskus (Selim), Gabrielė Bukinė (Donna Fiorilla), Žygimantas Galinis (Don Geronio), Andrius Apšega (Prosdocimo), Mindaugas Jankauskas (Don Narciso), Ieva Goleckytė (Zaida).

Orchestra and Choir of The Kaunas State Musical Theatre

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January 14, 2023 - "Light of Freedom" concert in Vilnius

JANUARY 14, 2023 AT 7 pm
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CONCERT HALL, VILNIUS

Program:
Ülo Krigul (1978) - Violin concerto "Cloudworks" (2021, third performance)
Arvydas Malcys (1957) - Symphony "Vakarykštis pasaulis" (The World of Yesterday)
              (2022, world premiere)
Pēteris Vasks (1946) - Violin Concerto "Tālā gaisma" (Distant Light) (1997)

Soloist:
Dalia Kuznecovaite (violin)

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
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June 30 and July 5, 2022 - Kyiv Soloists in Iceland

JUNE 30, 2022 at 7:30 PM
BOLUNGARVÍK, ICELAND
JULY 5, 2022 at 7.30 pm
HARPA CONCERT HOUSE, REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND

Program
C.M. von Weber (1786-1826) - Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, J. 114
C.M. von Weber (1786-1826) - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, J. 98
Music by Myroslav Skoryk, Valentyn Silvestrov, and other Ukrainian composers

Solists:
Selvadore Rähni (clarinet)
Oliver Rähni (piano)

The Ukrainian National Chamber orchestra Kyiv Soloists are in Iceland for the Midnight Sun Music Festival from 30-31 June 2022, which is organized by Bolungarvík´s Music School and the town of Bolungarvík in the Westfjords. On 5 July 2022 they will give the concert in Reykjavik in the main hall Harpa Concert Hall.

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February 24, 2022 - The Sound of Baltic Freedom

FEBRUARY 24, 2022 AT 6 PM
Kaunas State Philharmonic, Kaunas, lithuania

The concert is dedicated to the 104th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia

Program:
Ülo Krigul (1978) - Violin Concerto "Cloudworks"  (2021, world premiere)
Jaan Rääts (1932-2020) – Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, Op. 16 (1961)
Jean Sibelius (1833-1897) – Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor, Op. 47 (1904/05)

Soloist:
Dalia Kuznecovaite (violin)

Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
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September 8 - 14, 2021  -  Opera The Turk in Italy by Rossini

September 8 and 9, 2021, at 6 pm
Kaunas State Musical Theatre, Lithuania

September 12 and 14, 2021, at 5 pm and 7 pm
Endla Theatre, Festival PromFest

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
The Turk in Italy
Comic opera in two acts

Stage Director: Andrus Vaarik
Soloists: Sargis Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (Selim), Hanna Tverdova (Donna Fiorilla), Taras Berezhansky (Don Geronio),  Yury Rostotsky (Don Narciso), Vladyslav Tlushch (Prosdocimo) and Kamile Bonté (Zaida).

Orchestra and Choir of The Kaunas State Musical Theatre
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December 13th, and January 4th - Opera Carmen in Tartu, Estonia

December 13, 2019, and January 4, 2020, at 7 PM
Theatre Vanemuine, Estonia
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)                        
Carmen
Opera in four acts

Stage Director: Giorgio Madia
Soloists:
Aleksandra Kovalevich (Carmen), Boldizsár László (Don José 13.12), Rafal Bartminski (Don José 4.01),  Janis Apeinis (Escamillo), Anna Denisova (Micaëla) and others.

Orchestra and Choir of Theatre Vanemuine
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November 10th and 14th - Capulets and Montagues in Sofia

November 10 and 14, 2019, at 7 PM
Sofia Opera and Ballet, Bulgaria
The concert performance of "Capulets and Montagues" by Vincenzo Bellini

In Roles:
Capellio - Petar Buchkov (Bulgaria)
Juliet - Margarita Levchuk (Belarus)
Romeo - Abigail Levis (USA)
Tebaldo - Hrisimir Damyanov (Bulgaria)
Lorenzo - Valentin Vatev (Bulgaria)

The orchestra and the choir of the Sofia Opera and Ballet

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September 22th - Opera Capulets and Montagues by Bellini

September 22, 2019, at 6 PM
Kaunas State Musical Theatre, Lithuania
Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi in two acts.

PromFest's opera production in collaboration with Kaunas State Musical Theatre
Premiere on May 19, 2019 at Endla Theater, Estonia

Roles:
Romeo - Abigail Levis (United States)
Giulietta - Margarita Levchuk (Belarus)
Tebaldo - Yuri Rostotsky (Russia)
Lorenzo - Andrius Apšega (Lithuania)
Capellio - Liudas Mikalauskas (Lithuania)

The orchestra and choir of Kaunas State Music Theater
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July 29th - "Das Lied von der Erde"

July 29, 2019, at 7 PM
Stadthalle Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Festival ExtraSchicht

Program:

Richard Wagner - Siegfried idyll
Gustav Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde

Soloists:
Alex Kim (tenor, South Korea)
Gabriel Suovanen (baritone, Finland)

Klangwelten Ensamble
Conductor: Erki Pehk
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March 26th - "Nordic Impressions"

March 26, 2019 at 7 PM
Ukrainian National Filharmonic Hall, Kiev
Concert Series "Nordic Impressions"

Programme:
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) - Suite in olden style "From Holberg's Time"  op. 40
Pall Ragnar Pallson (* 1977) - «Disillusionment» for flute and string orchestra (World premiere)
Helena Tulve (* 1972) - Concerto «Silverwhite» for flute and string orchestra

Soloist:
Monika Mattiesen (flute)

Ukrainian National Chamber Orchestra "Kyiv Soloists"
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February 23rd - "Kyiv Soloists"


February 23, 2019 at 7 PM
Ukrainian National Philharmonic Hall, Kiev 
Concert with "Kyiv soloists"

Programme:

G.F.Händel (1685-1759) - The arrival of Queen Sheba from the oratorio "Solomon"
J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Concerto for Horn d-minor
B. Bartók (1881-1945) - Divertimento (1939) for strings

J. Françaix (1912-1997) - Divertimento for Horn and strings
A. Honegger (1892-1955) - Symphony No. 2 (1941) for strings and trumpet (ad libitum)

Soloist:
Konstantin Timokhin (Horn)

Ukrainian National Chamber Ensamble "Kiev Soloists"
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December 29th - January 5th - Opera The Count Ory by Rossini

December 29, 2018 at 6 PM
December 31, 2018 at 8 PM
January 1, 2019 at 4 PM
January 3, 2019 at 8 PM
January 5, 2019 at 6 PM
Opéra de Rennes, France
Opera "The Count Ory" (Le Comte Ory) by G. Rossini

Director, sets and costumes Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau

Count Ory Mathias Vidal
Countess Adèle Perrine Madoeuf
Isolate Rachel Kelly
Ragonde Anna Steiger
Raimbaud Philippe Estèphe
Governor Jean-Vincent Blot

Chamber Choir Mélisme (s)
Brittany Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Erki Pehk
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October 14th - Concert with Estonian music in Iceland

October 14, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Menningarhúsið Hof, Akureyri, Iceland
The concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia
"Hljómur Estland" (Sounds of Estonia)

Programme:
Heino Eller (1887-1970) – Five pieces for string orchestra (1918/1953)
Jaan Rääts (1932) – Concerto for chamber orchestra Op.16 (1961)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Spiegel in Spiegel (1978) for cello solo, piano, percussion and string orchestra
                  arr. by Zoltan Almashi
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Risto Laur (1973) – The Girl and the Dragon for piano and string orchestra
Eduard Oja (1905-1950) – Silent Moods (Vaikivad meeleolud, 1930/1934)
Tõnu Kõrvits (1969) – The cycle of Estonian sacral folk tunes Kreek’s Notebook (Kreegi vihik, 2007)
         for chorus and string orchestra

Soloists:
Indrek Leivategija (cello)
Risto Laur (piano)
Tiiu Laur (soprano)

Chamber choir Hljómeyki
Northern Iceland Symphony Orchestra
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October 5th - CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival

October 5, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Müpa Budapest - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
The opening concert of the CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival

Programme:
Elis Vesik (1986) - Aegis for orchestra (2018, World premiere)
Pēteris Vasks (1946) - Concerto No. 2 – Klātbūtne (Presence) for cello and string orchestra (2011/2012)

Andris Dzenītis (1978) - Euphoria for chamber orchestra (2017)
Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959) - Ardor - Concerto for Marimba and orchestra (2001)

Soloists:
Kristaps Bergs (cello, Latvia)
Heigo Rosin (marimba, Estonia)

Sinfonietta Rīga 
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May 8th - Polotsk International festival of chamber music


May 8, 2018 at 6 pm
Polotsk (Belarus), St. Sophia Cathedral
The closing concert of the Polotsk International festival of chamber music

Programme:
W.A.Mozart (1756-1791) – Divertimento in D, K 136 (1772)
W.A.Mozart (1756-1791) – Concerto in C for flute, Harp and orchestra, K 299 (1778)
Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938) - Intermezzo from Dimmalimm (2001) 
Anna Þorvaldsdóttir (1977) - "Harpa" for harp solo
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938-2013) - "Kalais" for flute solo
Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996) - Towards the Sea II for flute, harp and string orchestra*

Soloists:
Kristjana Helgadóttir (flute)
Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir (harp)

State Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus

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May 4th - Concert in Minsk for the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia


May 4, 2018 at 7 pm
Minsk, The Big Concert Hall of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society
The concert "My Estonia" dedicated for the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia

Programme:
Heino Eller (1887-1970) – Symphonic poem "Dawn" ("Koit") (1918)
Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886) –  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E♭ major (1849)
Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962) – Requiem in C Minor (1927)

Soloist: Johan Randvere (piano)

Mixed choir «K.O.O.R» (Estonia), chief conductor – Raul Talmar
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus


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April 27th - Opera Carmen by Bizet

April 27th, 2018 at 7 PM
Tartu, Theatre Vanemuine
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)                        
Carmen
Opera in four acts

Stage Director: Giorgio Madia
Soloists: Aleksandra Kovalevich (Carmen), Boldizsár László (Don José), Jevgenij Chrebtov (Escamillo), Diana Higbee (Micaëla) and others.

Orchestra and Choir of Theatre Vanemuine


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April 11 and 13 - Opera Fidelio by Beethoven


April 11, 2018 at 8:00 pm
April 13, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Angers, Grand Théâtre 
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Fidelio
Singspiel in two acts

Director: Philippe Miesch
Soloists: Donald Litaker (Florestan), Claudia Iten (Leonora), Christian Hübner (Rocco),
Anton Keremidtchiev (Don Pizzaro), Olivia Doray (Marcelline), Andreas Früh (Jaquino),
Pablo Arranday (Don Fernando)

Angers-Nantes Opéra Choir
Orchestra National des Pays de la Loire
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March 16 - 25 - Opera Fidelio by Beethoven


March 16, 2018 at 8:00 pm
March 18, 2018 at 2:30 pm
March 20, 2018 at 8:00 pm
March 22, 2018 at 8:00 pm
March 25, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Nantes, Théâtre Graslin
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Fidelio
Singspiel in two acts

Director: Philippe Miesch
Soloists: Donald Litaker (Florestan), Claudia Iten (Leonora), Christian Hübner (Rocco),
Anton Keremidtchiev (Don Pizzaro), Olivia Doray (Marcelline), Andreas Früh (Jaquino),
Pablo Arranday (Don Fernando)

Angers-Nantes Opéra Choir
Orchestra National des Pays de la Loire
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March 4th - Mahleriana


March 4, 2018 at 7:00 PM
Ukrainian National Philharmonic Concert Hall
Programme:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
- Adagietto from the Symphony No. 5 (1901-1903)
- Symphony no. 10 (1910) arr. Oleg Marinchenko
- Symphony "The Song of the Earth" (Das Lied von der Erde, 1908-1909)

Soloists:
Angelina Shvachka (alto)
Juhan Tralla (tenor)
Ukrainian National Chamber Orchestra "Kyiv Soloists"
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February 22nd - "Sounds of Estonia" in Ukraine


22nd of February 2018 at 7 pm
Ukrainian National Philharmonic Hall

The Concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia

Programme:
1. Heino Eller (1887-1970) – A Homeland Melody (Kodumaine viis)
 from the cycle “Five Pieces for Strings” (1918/1953)
2. Eduard Oja (1905-1950) – Silent Moods (Vaikivad meeleolud) (1930/1934)
3. Jaan Rääts (1932) – Cello Concerto op.27 (1966)
4. Arvo Pärt (1935) – Spiegel in Spiegel (1978) arr. by Zoltan Almashi
5. Lepo Sumera (1950-2000) – Symphōnē (1998)
6. Tõnu Kõrvits (1969) – “I Gaze at the Hill” (Ma vaatan üles mäele) 
 from the cycle of Estonian sacral folk tunes “Kreek’s Notebook” (2007)
7. Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959) – Whistles and whispers from Uluru (2007)
8. Villem Kapp ( (1913-1964) - Elegie (1940)

Soloists: Monika Mattiesen (flute) and Indrek Leivategija (violoncello)
Ukrainian National Chamber Ensemble “Kyiv Soloists”

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February 17th and 18th - G. Fauré Requiem

February 17, 2018
St Paul's church in Tartu
February 18, 2018
St. John's Church in Tallinn

Programme:
Gabriel Fauré - Requiem
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vesperae solennes de confessore KV 339

Soloists:
Arete Teemets, Tuuri Dede, Valter Soosalu, Tamar Nugis

Estonian Republican Mixed Choir
Mixed Choir of the Estonian Academy of Music 
Tallinn University Mixed Choir

Estonian Republican Youth Symphony Orchestra

Conductors: Erki Pehk (Fauré) and Tõnu Kaljuste (Mozart)



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November 18th - "Aida" in Tartu, Estonia

On 18th November in Tartu Musical Theatre Vanemuine will be performed AIDA by G.Verdi. This is a co-production of my festival PROMFEST and Tartu theatre Vanemuine. The name role will be performed by the winner of the Klaudia Taev Competition (2013) Jomante Šležaite from Lithuania. The role of Amneris will be sang also by the previous winner of the Klaudia Taev Competition (2005) - Angelina Shvachka from Ukraine.
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October 7th - Opera Aida by Verdi in Estonia

October 7th, 2017
Vanemuine Theatre, Estonia
On 7th October in Tartu Musical Theatre Vanemuine will be performed AIDA by G.Verdi. This is a co-production of my festival PROMFEST and Tartu theatre Vanemuine. The name role will be performed by the winner of the Klaudia Taev Competition (2013) Jomante Šležaite from Lithuania. The role of Amneris will be sang also by the winner of the Klaudia Taev Competition (2005) - Angelina Shvachka from Ukraine.


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August 21st - Operomania!

Concert of instrumental music of opera composers with "Kyiv Soloists" in the Ukrainian National Philharmonic
On August 21 a concert of "Kyiv Soloists", with soloist Linda-Anette Verde (violin, Estonia) will be held at the Ukrainian National Philharmonic. Instrumental works of famous opera composers will be performed - String Quartet by Verdi, Intermezzo from Mascagni's opera "Cavalleria rusticana", Meditation from Massenet's opera "Thais", Wagner's "Sigfrid Idyll" and Carmen-Fantasy on themes from the opera "Carmen" by Bizet composed by Pablo Sarasate.
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August 20th - Requiem by Fauré in Estonia

Concert "Music of Sundown" at Haapsalu Dome Church on August 20, 2017
The summer choir course of the Estonian Mixed Choirs Union, which will take place on the fourth summer, ends with a tradition of performing a concert of major forms. There will be Requiem by G. Fauré (conductor Erki Pehk) and W. A. Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore (conductor Tõnu Kaljuste) performed in this year.
The All-Estonian Youth Symphony Orchestra and soloists Arete Teemets, Evelin Ester, Valter Soosalu and Tamar Nugis are also involved.
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8th of August - "La traviata" in Estonia

On 8th of August Erki Pehk will conduct "La traviata" in Birgitta Festival in Tallinn. This is the production of the Pärnu International Opera Music Festival - PromFest in collaboration of the Kaunas State Music Theatre (Lithuania). In main roles are prizewinners of the Klaudia Taev Competition - soprano Anna Denisova (Russia), tenor Alex Kim (South Korea) and baritone Ilya Silchukov (Belarus).  
http://www.filharmoonia.ee/en/concerts/event/631-olympic-casino-presents-giuseppe-verdi-ooper-traviata#event-readmore
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A Midsummer Night's Dream in Kyiv

June 21 the concert of the National Chamber Orchestra of Ukraine "Kyiv Soloists" takes place at the National Philharmonic Hall of Ukraine in Kiev.
In the program Serenade - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by W.A.Mozart, two pieces by F.Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin and Piano in D Minor and the music to play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" arranged for strings by Alexandr Shchetinsky and Adagietto from the 5th symphony of G.Mahler.
Soloists Olga Sheleshkova (violin) and Oleg Bezborodko (piano).
Conductor Erki Pehk.
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April 14th - Concert with Estonian and Ukrainian music

On April 14, the concert of Ukrainian National Soloists ensemble "Kievska Kamera" will take place in Kiev. 
In the program are besides to the Brandenburg Concerto No.4. by J.S.Bach also Estonian and Ukrainian music. 
There will be performed two pieces written by two big names of contemporary classics - Valentin Silvestrov's "Three serenades" for piano and strings and Arvo Pärt's "Trisagion", and also pieces by the younger composers Jüri Reinvere's Flute Concerto and Galina Grigoryeva's "Molitva" premiere of the flute version. 

Soloists of the concert are Monika Mattiesen (flute), Maarika Järvi (flute) Bogdana Pivnenko (violin) and Dmitro Tavanets (piano). Conductor Erki Pehk
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March 21st - Fidelio in France

On 21st of March Erki Pehk conducts L. van Beethoven's opera Fidelio in France in Opéra de Rennes, with many outstanding soloists such as Martin Homrich (Florestan), Claudia Iten (Leonora / Fidelio), Anton Keremidchiev (Don Pizarro) and Philippe-Nicolas Martin (Don Fernando) in main roles.
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November 14th - Concert in Kyiv

Ukrainian National Ensamble "Kyiv Soloists"
Ukrainian National Philharmony

Program:
Franz Schubert - Orchestration for String Quartet "Death and the Maiden"
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Symphony for Strings No.10
Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen

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3. November - Ceremonial opening of the Days of Culture of Estonia in Belarus

On 3rd of November in the Great Hall of the Belarusian State Philharmonic will take place the Ceremonial opening of the Days of Culture of Estonia in Belarus. 
 
The concert will feature the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, conductor - Erki Pehk, soloist - Mikel Poll (piano, Estonia). 
 
The concert program: Heino Eller - Symphonic Poem "Dawn", Eduard Tubin - Symphony №5, SergeyRachmaninov - Concerto №2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra. 

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24th October - Nordic Passion - Sibelius, Grieg, Tüür in Kiev

The concert at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. The National Chamber Ensemble "Kyiv Soloists". 
Program: Sibelius - Rakastava op.14; Grieg - "Two Elegic Melodies" op.34, "Two Melodies for Strings" op.53, Lullaby "Lyrical Suite" and Erkki-Sven Tüür's Marimba concerto "Ardor". Soloist - Heigo Rosin.

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October - G.Verdi "Aida" in Tartu, Estonia

On 6th and 29th of October two performances of "Aida" in Vanemuine Theatre (Tartu, Estonia). This is the co-production of the theatre with Pärnu International Opera Music Festival - PromFest. 
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September 17th - The season opening concert of "Kyiv Soloists"

On 17th of September in the Ukrainian National Philharmonic Hall named after Lysenko, the National Chamber Orchestra "Kyiv Soloists " performs their season opening concert. In the first half of the concert the conductor Erki Pehk will conduct Ch. W. Gluck - Overture to the opera " Alceste ", P. A. Locatelli - Concerto Grosso No. 6, op.1 and O. Respighi - Suit No.3 for Strings (Antiche Danze ed Arie per Liuto). The second half of the concert is filled with the popular transcription of fragments of the opera "Carmen" by R. Shchedrin  - written in 1967 "Carmen - Suite" for strings and percussion.
Information on the web site of the Philharmony
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May 6th - Concert-recording "Changing Directions" in Minsk Radio.

On 6th of May we perform and record in the Studio of State TV and Radio Company of Belarus in Minsk the following program: 
Difficulties Putting It into Practice  for two amplified musicians by Simon Steen-Andersen's (Denmark); the premiere of Changing Directions  for harp and orchestra by Monika Mattiesen (Estonia); Portraits  for clarinet, percussion and string orchestra by Galina Gorelova (Belarus) and Towards the Sea II  for alto flute, harp and string orchestra by Toru Takemitsu (Japan). 
Soloists:
Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir (harp, Iceland)
Monika Mattiesen (flute, Estonia)
Victor Puzynya (clarinet, Belarus) 

The Symphony Orchestra of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus
Conductor Erki Pehk

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Concert dedicated to the 260 th anniversary of the birth of W.A.Mozart

On April 27 will be held concert of Symphony Orchestra of the National State Television and Radio of Belarus in Polotsk, in Sofia Cathedral in the programme of 29th International Music Festival. The program includes works by W.A. Mozart - Overture to the opera "Don Giovanni", arias from operas "Don Giovanni", "Cosi fan tutte" and "The Magic Flute" (soloist Hongtao Wang, China) and the Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 20 , d-moll KV 4660 (soloist Tatiana Kim, Belarus) and the Symphony No. 40, g-moll KV 550.
http://sophia.polotsk.museum.by/node/39339
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21. and 30. April - Verdi "Aida" in Estonia

On 21 and 30 April - performances of Vanemuine Theatre and PromFest co-production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida". Starring laureates of the Klaudia Taev International Opera Competition - Jomante Šležaite (Aida) from Lithuania and Anzhelina Shvachka (Amneris) from Ukrainian National Opera. In addition to Vanemuine Theatre soloists, chorus and orchestra, there will perform Eduard Martyniuk (Radames) from Belarus Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre and Samsons Izjumovs (Amonasro) and Roman Polisadovs (Ramfis) from Latvian National Opera. The director and designer Madis Nurms.
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April 12 - Concert "Musical Dialogues" in Kiev

On April 12, the concert of the National Chamber Orchestra "Kyiv Soloists": "Musical Dialogues - Ukraine and Republic of Korea" in Ukrainian House in Kyiv. In the first part of the concert conductor Erki Pehk will conduct works of Ukrainian authors: Julia Gomelskaja - Calling the Sun (Spring Ritual) for piano and strings, Oleg Kiva - Chamber cantata No.3 for soprano and chamber orchestra, and the premiere of Alexander Kozarenko - "Sinfonia estravaganza" for chamber orchestra. In the second part of the concert, work by the Korean composer Sung Yong Cheong will be performed: "Monologue" for clarinet, piano and strings, "Five bread and two fish" for six clarinets and strings, and "Jesus ist auferstanden, Hallelujah" and "Arirang" for choir and piano. Works will be conducted by the composer himself. In the concert take part also Bezborodko Oleg (piano), Tamara Hodakova (soprano), Oleg Moroz (clarinet), the Choir of the Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth.
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3. April - concert with "Kyiv Soloists" in Ukrainian National Philharmony

On 3. April, in the Hall of the Ukrainian National Philharmony, concert with National Chamber orchestra "Kyiv Soloists". In progamme: Eino Eller - Five pieces for String Orchestra, Arvo Pärt - Trisagion, Jaan Rääts - Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, Toru Takemitsu - Requiem for String Orchestra and Bela Bartok - Divertimento.
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March 31 - Concert in Klaipeda Music Theatre

Concert of Soloists, members of the Orchestra of Klaipeda State Music Theatre: 
Matvej GOLDBERG (violoncello), Akvilė PETRAUSKAITĖ (double-bass), Aušra MIELEIKIENĖ (flute), Vilma LENKŠAITĖ (flute), Laura KASINSKAITĖ (oboe), Irmantas PAZDRAZDYS (bassoon), Kęstutis TAUJANSKAS (bassoon). 

Programme: Beethoven - Overture Fidelio; A. Marcello - Concerto for oboe; J. B. Wanhal - Concerto for two bassoons; Vivaldi - Duetto d‘Amore; G. Bottesini - Elegy for double bass; Shostakovich - Cello concerto op. 107, 1st part (Allegretto); Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto pastoral for flute, 3rd part (Rondo Allegro); Khachaturian – Flute Concerto d-moll (Arr. by Jean Pierre Rampal 1968), 3rd part (Allegro vivace); Manuel de Falla - Danza ritual del fuego from ballet El amor brujo.
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14. November - Mozart-Beethoven in Belarus Academy of Music

On 14. November 2015, the Academic Symphony Orchestra of Belarus National Broadcasting Company gives the concert in the Concert Hall of Belarusian State Academy of Music. The young Canadian pianist Jarred Dunn will appear as the soloist in the 20th Piano Concerto by Mozart. There will also Beethoven's 7th Symphony and works by well-known Belarusian composers - Sergei Beltyukov and Galina Gorelova in the program of the concert.

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20th and 22nd May - G.Verdi - AIDA

On 20th May in Tartu Musical Theatre Vanemuine and on 22nd May in Endla Theatre in Pärnu will premier AIDA by G.Verdi. This is a co-production of my festival PROMFEST and Tartu theatre Vanemuine. The name role will be performed by the winner of the 8th Klaudia Taev Competition Jomante Šležaite from Lithuania.
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April 17th - Bach, Handel and Schubert in Belarus

On 17th of April is the concert in Sofia Cathedral in Belarus, in Polotsk in the International Festival of Old and Modern Music. In the program of the concert are Orchestral suite no.3 by J.S.Bach , Opera arias by G.F.Handel and Mass No.2 in G major by F.Schubert. Soloist is tenor Oliver Kuusik from Estonia, accompanied by the Belarusian National Broadcasting Company Academic choir and symphony orchestra. Conductor Erki Pehk.

28th International Festival of Old and Modern Chamber Music

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December 4th - "Kievska Kamerata", Estonian and German contemporary music in Kiev Philharmony Hall

On 4th of December 2014 will be a concert with Estonian and German contemporary music in the Ukrainian National Philharmonic Hall in Kiev. Performers: Ukrainian State Ensamble of Soloists "Kievska Kamerata", soloist Monika Mattiesen (flute, Estonia), conductor Erki Pehk. Programme: Enno Poppe - Speicher III; Helena Tulve - "Silver White"; Erkki-Sven Tüür - Whistles and Whispers from Uluru; Arvo Pärt - Tabula rasa.

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Nov 21-22 Schubert - Missa Solemnis

On November 21st in the Methodist Church in Tallinn and November 22nd Pärnu Concert Hall together with the Choir of Estonia Society and the Pärnu City Orchestra we perform an uniquely beautiful but relatively infrequently presented the fifth Mass (Missa Solemnis) by Franz Schubert. Soloists are a star soprano from Latvia Elina Šimkus, our Estonian top singers Helen Lepalaan and Oliver Kuusik, and a young bass Kalvis Kalninš from Latvia.
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May, 10th - Kiev, Ukraine - Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner

In Kiev in the Ukrainian National Philharmonic Hall at concert of the Ukrainian National ensemble of soloists "Kievaska Kamerata" I conduct Mozart's Adagio and Fugue in C minor, Beethoven's 2nd Piano concerto and Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll" and "Five Wesendonck's Songs."  
 
The soloists will be Heli Veskus (soprano, Estonia) and young Israeli pianist Yuval Gilad. 

Concert is supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by the member of European Parlament Kristiina Ojuland. 

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20.2 - Cello concerto by Haydn, Beethoven and Gorelova in Belarus Academy of Music

On the 20th of February, in the hall of the Belarus State Academy of Music, I perform together with the Belarus National Broadcasting Company Symphony Orchestra and with one of the best Estonian cellist Indrek Leivategija the Cello Concerto in D by Haydn. Also you can listen to Galina Gorelova's piece "And Adam had a dream in paradise" (an illustration to a poem of the poet V. Korotkevich) and Beethoven's 2nd Symphony.





















Indrek Leivategija
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On 16th November the premier of Tsar's Bride in Kaunas (Lithuania)

On 16th November 2013 the premier of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Tsar's Bride will take place in Kaunas State Music Theatre. This performance is the coproduction of Kaunas theater and PromFest (Pärnu International Opera Music Festival). Starring winners of Klaudia Taev Competition - Andrey Savchenko (Grjaznoy), Elina Shimkus (Marfa) and Angelina Shvachka (Lybasha).

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June 6 - 12, Pärnu International Opera Music Festival - PromFest

From 6 - 12 June the PromFest will be held in Pärnu, Estonia. For me the most exciting part of the festival is definately the premier of our new production of "The Tsar's Bride" by N.Rimsky-Korsakov with very good young soloists and choir and orchestra of the Kaunas State Musical Theatre (Lithuania). I am also looking forward to conduct the finals of the Klaudia Taev International Competition for opera singers. We expect high level of singers. Visit www.promfest.ee for more information.
  
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April 5th, The Seasons by Haydn in Polotsk, Belarus

On  April 5th, 2013, I will conduct the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the State TV and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus in a performance of Haydn’s great oratorio “The Seasons.” This concert, which will take place in the beautiful and famous Sofia Cathedral in Polotsk, Belarus, will mark the first performance ever of “The Seasons” in Polotsk. The soloists are the Lithuanian soprano Raminta Vaicekauskaite, tenor Algirdas Janutas and bass Vladimir Prudnikovas. 

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10. February - in Minsk Philharmony with Brahms, Berg and Sumera

On 10th of February I will conduct a nice programme in Minsk in Belarusian Philharmony with the Academic Symphony Orchestra of TV and Radio Company of Republic of Belarus. In the first part the primadonna of Estonian National Opera Heli Veskus will sing "Sieben Frühe Lieder" by Alban Berg and well known Estonian pianist, also the rector of the Estonian Academy of Music Peep Lassmann will play Piano Concerto by Estonian composer Lepo Sumera (1950-2000). In the second half of the concert we play my favourite Johannes Brahms's symphony - the 4th one.
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October, 6th - Concert in Yaroslavl (Russia)

On 6th of October I'll conduct Yaroslavl Academic Symphony Orchestra. In programme Estonian music - Overture no.2 by Veljo Tormis and Symphony No.3 by Arvo Pärt. In the second part of the concert my collegue maestro Eri Klas will conduct Shostakovich's 13th symphony with the orchestra and the Estonian National Male Choir. 

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7th June - Shostakovich Symphony No.13 in Minsk (Belarus)

7th June - I am going to perform music of one of my favourite composer's Dmitry Shostakovich. This time his Symphony No.13. The Estonian National Male Choir will be the special guest of the concert. Solo will be sang by a young promising Belarus bass Anatoli Siuko. In addition to the symphony a special piece composed by Estonian composer Mart Siimer will be performed. This is a poem for chorus and orchestra "Sabor" ("Cathedral"). The work is based on a poem about the famous Sofia Cathedral in Polotsk. Written by Belarus poet Navum Galpyarovich it will be performed in Belarus language.

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5. April - Concert in Minsk (Belarus) with Radio Symphony Orchestra

On 5th of April I shall conduct the Belarus State Radio Symphony Orchestra with a beautyful program of romantic music: Helios-Overture by Carl Nielsen, Edward Grieg's Piano Concerto with Yurii Blinov a very good Belarus pianist and one of my most beloved piece 2nd Symphony by Jean Sibelius. Photo is taken with my cell phone in Minsk-by-night... 

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On 25th of November premier of Attila by Verdi in Lithuania

On 25th of November I conduct the premier of Attila in Kaunas Music Theatre in Lithuania. This production was performed first time on my festival PromFest in this Spring. Main roles will be sung by same soloists: a young Belarusian bass Anatoli Siuko as Attila, Vladislav Sulimsky from Mariinsky as Ezio, Erik Fenton, an american tenor sings Foresto and a role of Odabella will be sung by Sandra Janušaite from Lithuania. The production will stay in the repertoire of Kaunas Music Theatre for upcoming seasons.
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