MATI TURI

tenor

Mati Turi – tenor 

Biography

Mati Turi graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre as choral conductor (Prof Ants Üleoja) and studied singing with Prof Jaakko Ryhänen.
In 1992–2004 he was a member of Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, and since 2005 has pursued a free-lance musician’s career.
As a soloist, Mati Turi has appeared with renowned ensembles and orchestras – Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tallinn Baroque Orchestra, Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Riga Chamber Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir, the Netherlands Chamber Choir, the early music ensemble Il Gardellino, etc. He has co-operated with the conductors Tõnu Kaljuste, Paul Mägi, Arvo Volmer, Paavo Järvi, Eri Klas, Olari Elts, Mihkel Kütson, Jüri Alperten, Nikolai Alekseyev, Sakari Oramo, Hannu Lintu, Eric Ericson, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Howard Arman, Herbert Böck, Sigvards Klava and many others.
Mati Turi is undoubtedly one of the leading Estonian oratorio soloists whose repertoire spans from major Baroque oratorial works to contemporary music. There are all of the Passions by Bach (both the Evangelist’s parts and arias), Magnificat, Mass in B minor, numerous cantatas; Marian Vespers by Monteverdi, Membra Jesu Nostri by Buxtehude, most of Händel’s oratorios (Jephtha, Judas Maccabeus, The Messiah, Saul), Requiems by Verdi and Dvořák, the cantata Rinaldo by Brahms,  Vespers by Rachmaninov, Oidipus Rex by Stravinsky, Sankt-Bach-Passion by Kagel, St John Passion and Litany by Pärt, Stabat Mater by Tõnis Kaumann, etc.
Recently, opera roles have started to play an increasingly bigger role in Mati Turi’s career:  in co-operation with Nargen Opera and Tõnu Kaljuste the operas by Haydn (Gernando in L’isola disabitata, Ecclitico in Il mondo della luna, Rinaldo in Armida, Florestan in Fidelio by Beethoven), Juhana in Viimeiset kiusaukset at Tampere Opera, Cassio in Othello by Verdi at Tampere Opera and Estonian National Opera, Wallenberg 2 in Wallenberg by Tüür, the Prince in Rusalka by Dvořák at Helsinki Alexander Theatre, as well as concert performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Sailor), Rameau’s Les Palladins and Adams’ Nixon in China (Mao).
The year 2009 has brought along collaboration with Kokkola Opera, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO) and Sakari Oramo in Berg’s Lulu (Alwa), and with Schleswig-Holstein Landestheater and Mihkel Kütson (Mefistoteles in Dr Faustus by Busoni). The next season includes also Don José in Carmen by Bizet (Kokkola Opera).
As a chamber musician, Mati Turi has a long-time partnership with pianist Martti Raide (Mahler, Wolf, Schubert, Schumann, Grieg, Sibelius, Saar and the Kapps).
Mati Turi has been performing constantly at nomerous music festivals: Savonlinna Opera Festival, Helsinki Church Music Festival, Heidelberg Spring Festival, Holland Festival, Venice Syrinx Festival, Arvo Pärt Festival, Glasperlenspiel, Brigitta Festival, Nargen Festival, etc.

Main repertoire

C Monteverdi. Vespro della Beata Virgine
A Vivaldi. Magnificat
A Vivaldi. Gloria
A Scarlatti. Dixit Dominus
A Charpantier. Te Deum
H Purcell. Ode for Cecilias Day
D Buxtehude. Membra Jesu Nostri
V Meder. Passion
J S Bach. Weinachts Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248
J S Bach. Johannes Passion (St John Passion), BWV 245
J S Bach. Mass in B minor, BWV 232
J S Bach. Matthäuspassion (St Mathew Passion), BWV 244
J S Bach. Markus-Passion (St Mark Passion), BWV 247
J S Bach. Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
J S Bach. Cantatas, BWV 4, 12, 21, 78, 80, 106, 118, 121, 131, 157, 190
J.S. Bach. Motets, BWV 159, 160, 225-230
J.S. Bach. Luteranische Messen, BWV 234, 235, 236, 237, 238
G F Händel. Israel In Egypt, HWV 54
G F Händel. Messiah, HWV 56
G F Händel. Judas Maccabeus, HWV 63
G F Händel. Saul, HWV 53
G F Händel. Jephta, HWV 70
G F Händel. Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
J Haydn. Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
J Haydn. Theresienmesse in B-flat major, Hob 22 / 12
J Haydn. Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), Hob 21 / 3
W A Mozart. Litanie Lauretanae in B major, KV 109
W A Mozart. Vespere solenne de Confessore, KV 339
W A Mozart. Requiem
W A Mozart. Mass in C minor KV 42
L van Beethoven. Symphony No 9
F Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Elias
F Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Christus
F mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Paulus
H Berlioz. L’Enfance du Christ
H Berlioz. Requiem
A Dvořák. Requiem
G Verdi. Requiem
M Bruch. Moses, Op 67
C Orff. Carmina Burana
I Stravinski. Les Noces (The Wedding)
I Stravinski. Oedipus Rex (Oedipus The King)
F Bruk. Symphony No 3 Artist Chagall 
C Kreek. Reqiuem
A Pärt. Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem
A Pärt. Berliner Messe
A Pärt. Litany

H Purcell. Dido And Aeneas
J P Rameau. Les Palladins
J Haydn. Armida, Rinaldo
J Haydn. Il mondo della luna (The World On The Moon), Ecclitico
J Haydn. L’isola disabitata (The Deserted Island), Gernando
W A Mozart Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), KV 620
W A Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage Of Figaro), KV 492
W A Mozart. Don Giovanni
A Dvořák. Rusalka, Op 114, The Prince
G Verdi Othello
B Britten. The Rape Of Lucretia
B Britten. Curlew River
J Adams. Nixon In China, Mao
K A Hermann. Uku ja Vanemuine (Uku And Vanemuine)
R Kangro. Uku ja Ecu (Uku And Ecu), Endel
E-S Tüür. Wallenberg, Wallenberg 2
A Mattiisen. Dispuut (Dispute)

F Schubert. Die schöne Müllerin, Op 25, D 795
J Brahms. Liebeslieder (Love Songs), Op 52

Discography

	DVD Erkki-Sven Tüür: Wallenberg 2008, ERP 1808
	Fridrich Bruk: Artist Chagall 2002, ERP 402 Download: Artist Chagall, Mov II, fragm, mp3, 66 sec, 505 KB
	Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria 2002, Carus 83.403

Antonio Vivaldi: Salmi a due cori 2001, Carus 83.404

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Litaniae 2000, Carus 83.402

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae et Litania 2000, Carus 83.401

Press resonance: “Mati Turit nimetatakse nõutuimaks Eesti lauljaks maailmas. /.../ Usun, et näiteks Mati Turi haruldaselt sisendusjõuliste soolode maagia veel pärast kontsertigi kuulaja liikmeis tuksleks... Kriitikute kiidusõnu lugedes tekib tahtmatult küsimus, kas Mati Turist on kasvamas Eesti oma Pavarotti või Domingo.” (Merike Kungla, Linnaleht, 26.10.05, Estonia)

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