Orchestras
Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Olari Elts
- 8+ years of playing experience
- Working language: English
- Participants are chosen by video audition, details set out on registration page
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Programme:
Antonín Dvořák – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
solo cello; 2fl (+picc), 2ob, 2clA, 2fg; 4cor, 2trp, 3trb, tuba; timp; strings
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Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
2fl, picc, 2ob, 2cl, 2fg, cfg; 4cor, 2trp, 3trb; timp; strings
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Listen 2nd movement
Listen 3rd movement
Listen 4th movement
Maurice Ravel – Boléro (1928)
2fl(picc), picc, 2ob (ob d’A), corA, 2cl, clEb, clB, 2fg, cfg, 2sax(A,T); 4cor, 4trp(1D, 3C), 3trb, tuba; timp, 4perc(sD, bD, cymb, tam); arpa, celesta; strings
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Olari Elts’ passion for developing concert programmes rich with invention has earned him much praise on the international music scene. Elts began his tenure as Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in 2020/21 season. Since 2018, he is also Artistic Advisor of the Kymi Sinfonietta.
Olari Elts has appeared as a guest conductor with such orchestras as Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Finnish Radio Symphony, Danish National Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Dublin Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Soloists with whom he collaborates include Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Gautier and Renaud Capuçon, Brett Dean, Isabelle Faust, Alban Gerhardt, Martin Grubinger, Martin Helmchen, Stephen Hough, Lucas & Arthur Jussen, Kari Kriikku, Karita Mattila, Alexander Melnikov, Maxim Rysanov, Baiba Skride, Lara St. John, Simon Trpčeski, and Antoine Tamestit. Additionaly to classical symphonic music Olari Elts considers it important to make Estonian music known both in Estonia and abroad.
Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor Andres Kaljuste
- 6-9 years of playing experience
- Working language: English
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Programme:
Tõnis Kaumann – New orchestra piece
strings
Heino Eller – Five Pieces for String Orchestra (1953)
strings
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Serenade in G major K.525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
strings
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As a versatile musician, Andres Kaljuste is known to the audience as a conductor and instrumentalist both on violin and viola.
As a conductor Kaljuste has appeared as a guest conductor with the Helsinki Philharmonic, Lahti Sinfonia, Tampere Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Opera, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and Odense Symphony Orchestra, among others. In the 20/21 season he will make his debut with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra as well as return visits to the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Estonian National Opera.
His musical path began with violin studies in the class of Aino Riikjärv. After graduating from the Tallinn Music High School he continued his studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Royal Music High School in Stockholm and in Berlin, at the Hanns Eisler Music High School. Urmas Vulp, Nina Balabina, Oleg Balabine and prof. ULf Wallin have been his teachers.
Kaljuste has been working at the Sockholm Lila Akademien as teacher for violin and viola, conductor and instructor of instrumental ensembles. He has been conductor of the symphony orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, lector of string instruments and chamber music teacher. Andres Kaljuste also appears as a chamber musician on the Signum and Navona labels.
As a versatile musician, Andres Kaljuste is known to the audience as a conductor and instrumentalist both on violin and viola.
As a conductor Kaljuste has appeared as a guest conductor with the Helsinki Philharmonic, Lahti Sinfonia, Tampere Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Opera, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and Odense Symphony Orchestra, among others. In the 20/21 season he will make his debut with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra as well as return visits to the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Estonian National Opera.
His musical path began with violin studies in the class of Aino Riikjärv. After graduating from the Tallinn Music High School he continued his studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Royal Music High School in Stockholm and in Berlin, at the Hanns Eisler Music High School. Urmas Vulp, Nina Balabina, Oleg Balabine and prof. ULf Wallin have been his teachers.
Kaljuste has been working at the Sockholm Lila Akademien as teacher for violin and viola, conductor and instructor of instrumental ensembles. He has been conductor of the symphony orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, lector of string instruments and chamber music teacher. Andres Kaljuste also appears as a chamber musician on the Signum and Navona labels.
Small Orchestra
- Conductor Achim Fiedler
- Only strings
- 3-7 years of playing experience
- Working language: Estonian and English
You will find sheet music here
Programme:
Franz Liszt – Romance oubliée S.527
solo: cello
orchestra: vl1, vl2, vla, vc, cb
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Helmut Schmidinger – Four and More….string, Op. 50
orchestra: vl1, vl2, vla, vc, cb
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Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 Violins, Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 3 No. 10 RV 580
solo: 4 violin and cello
orchestra: vl1, vl2, vla, vc, cb
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Carl Bohm – Introduction and Polonaise from Arabesken
vl1, vl2, vla, vc, cb; triangle, small drum, timpani
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Boris Kõrver – Jolly Polka
vl1, vl2, vl3/vla, vc, cb; piano
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Chanson triste, Op. 40 No. 2
vl1, vl2, vla, vc, cb;
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Achim Fiedler
is a conductor with a great stylistic range. Beside numerous first performances his interests lie in repertoire discoveries from baroque to modern times. Born in Stuttgart in 1965, he studied violin in Cologne and in London, followed by studies of orchestral conducting in Milan and Stuttgart. Besides being assistant to Bernard Haitink and Carlo Maria Giulini, Achim Fiedler was laureate of the Grzegorz Fitelberg conducting competition in Katowice (1995) and winner of the conducting competition of Cadaqués (1996).
From 1998 to 2012 he was artistic director of the chamber orchestra Lucerne Festival Strings, founded by Rudolf Baumgartner in 1956. As guest conductor he worked with over 40 orchestras and appeared at famous music festivals.
Working with young musicians has always played a key role for Achim: He has worked with the the Spanish Youth Orchestra JONDE, the Tanglewood Music center orchestra, the Kinderorchester NRW and is director of DOJO, the Youth orchestra at his home town Dortmund for over 10 years.
Susanna Biosca studied violin and viola in her hometown of Barcelona and continued her studies in London (Trinity College of Music) and Karlsruhe (Hochschule für Musik). She has completed her education at the Barcelona Theatre and Ballet School and studied Estonian philology at Tallinn University. From 2011 to 2020, she taught at the Olfen Academy of Music in Germany. Since 2021, she has been a teacher of chamber music, orchestra and violin and viola at the Dortmund School of Music.
Karmen Kääramees started her violin studies at the H. Eller Music School in Tartu and continued at the Estonian Academy of Music in Tallinn. After obtaining her bachelor’s degree, she continued her violin studies in Denmark. In Copenhagen Karmen began her studies in Suzuki Methodology in 1995. Today she works as a violin teacher of Suzuki Method at the VHK Music School. She also organises and trains teachers in Suzuki Method courses. She is a populaar teacher at violin camps in various countries. Her work as a violin teacher is a dedication and a hobby at the same time. She likes that Kratt Festival brings children together for a whole week of good classical music. During that time, they learn together orchestra playing skills and make new friends. At the festival, Karmen is in the preparation team and will again assist the youngest orchestra.
Pille Tralla graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music in the class of Prof. Mari Tampere-Bezrodny. This was followed by studies at the Vienna Conservatory in the class of Prof. Aleksander Ahrenkov and at The University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” in the class of Prof. Roland Baldin, from which she graduated with Master of Music in Orchestral Music. Pille Tralla also holds a diploma in Music Pedagogy from the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts. She has further studied with Prof. Valery Gradov, Prof. Roman Nodel, and Prof. Markus Wolf training in the Rolland method, the Suzuki method, Colorstrings, and Klassenmusizieren.
In 2016 she started working as a violin teacher in Tallinn Music School, Tallinn Music and Ballet School (MUBA), and in VHK Music School.
Since 2017 she is a member of the orchestra at the Estonian National Opera.
Pille Tralla’s students have won several laureate titles in Estonian and international competitions. Several of them have performed as soloists with the orchestra.
Pille Tralla was awarded the Estonian Music Schools’ Association’s Thank You Prize in 2022 and the MUBA Classical Music Teacher of the Year award in 2023.
