GLASPERLENSPIEL MUSIC FESTIVAL

A joint project of ERP, Tartu City Government, and Eesti Kontsert

TARTU, Tallinn, Pärnu

The festival Glasperlenspiel (‘The Glass Bead Game’) directed by Peeter Vähi has got its inspiration from the novel by Hermann Hesse. It is certainly a leading musical event in Estonian summer where music lovers can enjoy performers like Australian Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Piotr Anderszewski, Olli Mustonen, Järvi “dynasty”, Christoph Eschenbach, etc.

Glasperlenspiel was born in July 1995, when the first festival was organized on the initiative of Pärnu City Government and Eesti Kontsert, the National Concert Institute. From its very beginning the artistic director of this festival is Peeter Vähi, a composer and music producer.
Ever since then the concert halls and the churches have acted as concert venues for many world famous artists (European Union Baroque Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra,  Australian Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Absolute Ensemble, Kremerata Baltica, Roy Goodman, Christoph Eschenbach, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Vadim Repin, Gidon Kremer, Olli Mustonen) as well as leading musicians of Estonia (Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Opera, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian National Male Choir RAM, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Early Music Consort “Hortus Musicus”, NYYD Ensemble, Eri Klas, Paavo Järvi,  Olari Elts, Andres Mustonen, Kristjan Järvi, Tõnu Kaljuste, Kalle Randalu).

Thanks: Tartu City Government, Ministry of Culture of Estonia, Pärnu City Government, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Eesti Kontsert 

Info: ERP (Estonia Avenue 4, Tallinn 10148, Estonia); fax +372 6484571; info@erpmusic.com
Ticket info: Piletilevi (www.piletilevi.ee); Piletimaailm; phones +372 6147760 & +372 7 377537

Organizers:
Tiina Jokinen – management director
Kadri Kiis – producer
Piret Mikk – designer

Glasperlenspiel 2009
Glasperlenspiel 2008
Glasperlenspiel 2007
Glasperlenspiel 2006
Glasperlenspiel 2005
Archives: Glasperlenspiel ’03 and ’04
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Additional info: Wikipedia in English and Estonian

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