JÜRI ALPERTEN
CONDUCTOR
New artist of ERP! Orchestral and opera conductor.
Biography
Jüri (Yuri) Alperten was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 1957 to a family of musicians. In 1979 he graduated cum laude from the Estonian Academy of Music. His major fields of concentration being piano under Prof Bruno Lukk and orchestral conducting under Prof Roman Matsov. In the same year he was admitted to the St Petersburg Conservatory for postgraduate studies in opera and orchestral conducting. Four years were spent working with Prof Ilya Musin. Jüri Alperten has conducted with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Minsk Philharmonic, Cishinau Philharmonic, St Petersburg Philharmonic, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Plzen Radio Orchestra, Estonian National Opera, Latvian National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Gothenburg Opera, etc. Since 1998 is he the chief conductor of the Pärnu City Orchestra.
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Main repertoire
“Attila”, “Un Ballo in Maschera”, “Nabucco”, “Don Carlos” and “La Traviata” by Verdi, “Eugen Onegin”, “The Swanlake” and “The Sleeping Beauty” by Tchaikovsky, “Figaro’s Marriage”, “Don Giovanni” and “Magic Flute” by Mozart, “Madama Butterfly” and “La Boheme” by Puccini, “Il barbiere di Siviglia” by Rossini, complete symphonies by Beethoven, Brahms, etc.
Press resonance
... a higly emotionally spirited Yuri Alperten, who has full command of the score “Carmen”
(Theater der Zeit, Germany)
“The Flying Dutchman” was a genuinely Wagnerian performance. The conducting of Yuri Alperten was superb.
(Sovetskaya Muzyka, Russia)
Det är flott, men koreografin förmår inte helt fylla musikens nyanser.
Denna afton är det främst Tjajkovskij som tar hem spelet. Estländaren
Jüri Alperten leder orkestern in i känslornas dalgångar utan att det
ekar falsk patetik. Någon enstaka klang blir luddig i Svansjön, men så
är ju scenen full av fjädrar. (Anna Angström, SVD,
25.09.02, Sweden)
Dirigent Jüri Alperten /.../ tegi seekord ühe oma parematest esinemistest. Salieri teoste puhul sobis hästi temale omane joviaalsus, dirigendi žestid lõid vastava meeleolu. Salieri orkestriesitusest jäid enim kõrvu flöödi elegantsed ning stiilsed soolod. “Reekviemi” ja filmi vapustavad kokkupuutepunktid olid filmist nähtud haige Mozarti komponeerimisstseen, tema ettelauldud viisijuppidest välja kasvav orkestrikõla ja selle ülevõtmine juba tõelise, kontserdisaalis mängiva orkestri poolt. /.../ Jüri Alperten suutis aeglased osad (eriti Lacrimosa) kujundada lausa sündmuseväärselt meeldejäävaks. Siin mängis kaasa Alperteni kui dirigendi eripära mitte hoida orkestrit raudses haardes ja valitseda, vaid lasta muusikal vabalt voolata ning interpreetidel sellevõrra avaneda. Alperten justkui imetleks ka ise toimuvat ja läheks sellega kaasa. (Heili Vaus-Tamm, Sirp, 12.08.05, Estonia, whole article)
Discography
Estonia–100,
CD 4
ERP 906-4
Download:
Verdi, “La Traviata”, Estonian National Opera conducted by Jüri
Alperten, fragm, 135 sec, mp3, 2114 KB
Estonia–100,
CD 5
ERP 906-4
Download:
Rossini, “Semiramide”, Estonian National Opera conducted by Jüri
Alperten, live rec, fragm, 138 sec, mp3, 2165 KB
Estonia–100,
CD 6
ERP 906-6
Helmut
Rosenvald
Antes Edition BM 31.9197
Download:
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jüri Alperten, fragm, 133 sec, mp3,
2079 KB
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