RISTO JOOST

CONDUCTOR

New artist of ERP! Conductor and singer.

Biography

Conductor and singer Risto Joost (b 1980) studied singing as well as choral and orchestral conducting at the Estonian Academy of Music, and received further training at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He has participated in the conducting masterclasses of Neeme Järvi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Eri Klas, Paul Mägi and in early music masterclasses with Paul Hillier and Nigel North.
In 1999 Risto Joost founded the chamber choir Voces Musicales. From 2001–02, Joost was a singer in the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. In 2002, he founded his own orchestra, Ensemble Voces Musicales which is focused on performing Baroque and contemporary music. In March 2004, Risto Joost won the 1st prize in the 4th Competition for Young Estonian Choral Conductors in Tallinn. He has conducted the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tallinn Baroque Orchestra, Corelli Baroque Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra as well as the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National Male Choir RAM, Swedish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Ars Nova Copenhagen. Since year 2000 Risto Joost has regularly participated in the Estonian Music Days and Nyyd Festival, conducting approximately 50 première performances commissioned from various composers.
Risto Joost also pursues an active solo career as a counter-tenor. His solo repertoire includes music from the Renaissance and Baroque period as well as from the 20th century. He has performed at the Steve Reich Festival (UK), Vantaa Early Music Festival (Finland), Stockholm Early Music Festival (Sweden), Riga Early Music Festival (Latvia), Haapsalu Early Music Festival (Estonia), and Nyyd Festival (Estonia). He has performed with orchestras such as Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tallinn Baroque Orchestra, Meder Consort (Estonia), Corelli Consort (Estonia), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Sansara (Latvia), Øresund Baroque Orchestra, Concerto Copenhagen (Denmark), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Phantasm (UK) Since 2003 he has been involved with the vocal ensemble Theatre of Voices (artistic director Paul Hillier).
Since autumn 2005 Risto Joost is studying orchestral conducting with prof Jorma Panula at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. Since Sep 2006 Risto Joost is the principal conductor of the Tallinn Music High School Symphony Orchestra. In June 2007 he made his debut in the Estonian National Opera conducting Erkki-Sven Tüür’s opera “Wallenberg”.

Repertoire

Baroque music
Wiener Klassik (classical period)
Contemporary music

Download: Peeter Vähi. A Chant Of Bamboo, fragm, live rec, 179 sec, mp3, 3486 KB
Download, René Eespere. Clarinet Concerto, fragm, 104 sec, mp3, 1613 KB

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