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, Süd-West Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Tōkyō Philharmonic Chorus, Quintet of Berliner Philharmoniker, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Olli Mustonen, Järvi “dynasty”, Christoph Eschenbach, etc
Next event: July 6th−11th, 2023 Festival Glasperlenspiel (Klaaspärlimäng) in Tartu
Glasperlenspiel was born in July 1995. 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, Süd-West Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Quintet of Berliner Philharmoniker, Tōkyō Philharmonic Chorus, Absolute Ensemble, Kremerata Baltica, Roy Goodman, Christoph Eschenbach, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Vadim Repin, Gidon Kremer, Olli Mustonen) as well as leading musicians of Estonia (Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Opera, Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Early Music Consort Hortus Musicus, NYYD Ensemble, Neeme Järvi, Eri Klas, Paavo Järvi, Olari Elts, Andres Mustonen, Kristjan Järvi, Tõnu Kaljuste, Elina Nechayeva, Kalle Randalu, Martin Kuuskmann…)
Info: ERP (Estonia Avenue 4, Tallinn 10148, Estonia); phone +372 56 55656; fax +372 6484571; www.erpmusic.com; info@erpmusic.com
Organizers:
Peeter Vähi − artistic director
Taavet − artistic adviser
Tiina Jokinen − management director
Kadri Kiis − producer, accountant
Olavi Sööt − logistics
Meeta Morozov − musicologist, festival booklet
Mart Kivisild − design
Reno Hekkonens − marketing, PR
Johannes Vähi − webmaster, live streaming
Marje Hansar − social media
Thanks: Tartu City Government, Ministry of Culture of Estonia, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Toyota, Canon
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Additional info: Wikipedia in English and Estonian
Download the logo of Glasperlenspiel (different file formats): JPG, PDF, PNG
animated symbols of Glasperlenspiel
External links: Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (in English)
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