Project Description
Mikk Murdvee
Mikk Murdvee was born in Tallinn, Estonia on the 20th of March 1980.
Mikk started playing violin at the age of six, slightly before he was accepted to Tallinn Music High School. He graduated from Tallinn Music High School in 1998 and up to this time his official teachers had been his mother Niina Murdvee, Harald Aasa and Mari Tampere-Bezrodny.
In 1998 Mikk Murdvee was accepted to Estonian Academy of Music. From year 1999 he continued violin studies in Sibelius Academy in Finland under Mari Tampere-Bezrodny. He finished violin studies with diploma in 2005 with best possible mark.
He has played as soloist with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, The Polytech Orchestra, Haapsalu Festival Orchestra, Finnish Navy Orchestra and others.
Mikk Murdvee has been working professionally as concertmaster of Lappeenranta and Seinäjoki City Orchestras, Kymi Sinfonietta, also in Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, Erasmus Chamber Orchestra and Estonian Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra.
Mikk Murdvee started conducting studies privately with Atso Almila in 2000. In year 2002 he was accepted to world-famous Sibelius Academy conducting class, where his teachers have been L.Segerstam, A.Almila and J.Panula plus many other visiting teachers.
In addition Mikk Murdvee has taken part of master classes with N.Järvi, P.Järvi, L.Grin, J.Panula, L.Segerstam, E.Klas, J.Domarkas and L.Korchmar, conducting Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony orchestra, St.Petersburg Festival Orchestra, The Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra and Pärnu City Orchestra.
He has conducted Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, Oulu Sinfonia, Lappeenranta and Seinäjoki City Orchestras, Pori Sinfonietta, Heinola Sinfonietta, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Haapsalu City Orchestra and many other orchestras.
Mikk Murdvee has been assistant conductor in Tampere Opera, assisting Eri Klas in production of Verdi “Otello” in 2005, Andris Nelsons in Donizetti “L’elisir d’Amore” in 2006 and Giancarlo Andretta in Verdi “Aida” 2007.
He has conducted Lehar “Die Lustige Witwe” in Kerava Opera in 2005, and had his own production in Pori Opera in autumn 2006. He returned to Kerava Opera to conduct Kalman “Circus princess” in 2007 and Abraham “Ball im Savoy” in 2009.
Mikk Murdvee made his Estonian National Opera debut in 2007 conducting Lövenskiold’s “La Sylphide” and returned the same year to conduct Tchaikovski “Nutcracker” as well. In 2008 conducted first Estonian performance of T.Kocsak’s ballet “Snow White and 7 Dwarfs”. He has also conducted several performances of Rossini “La Cenerentola” in ENO.
Mikk Murdvee was conducting the world premiere of Ilkka Kuusisto’s new opera “Taipaleenjoki” in festival Ilmajoen Musiikkijuhlat in June 2010.
Mikk Murdvee was appointed as assistant conductor of Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat (YS) 2005-2007. He started as principal conductor of YS in August 2007. During his leadership he has taken YS to succesful tours in Sweden, Denmark and Estonia, in addition of concerts and tours in Finland.
Mikk Murdvee has recieved many prizes and scholarships, including Estonian National Culture Foundation’s “Debut of the Year 2007″ award for debut in Estonian National Opera.
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Helsinki December 2013
Prokofiev: Symphony no 4 op.47 mvt 1
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Helsinki December 2013
Prokofiev: Symphony no 4 op.47 mvt 2
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Helsinki December 2013
Prokofiev: Symphony no 4 op.47 mvt 3
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Helsinki December 2013
Prokofiev: Symphony no 4 op.47 mvt 4
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Helsinki December 2013
Debussy Nocturnes, Estonia Concert hall, March 2013
Symphony Orchestra of Tallinn Music High School
Morten Lauridsen – Lux aeterna, Estonia Concert hall, March 2013
Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Tallinn Music High School
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1, Estonia Concert hall, March 2012
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Mikk Murdvee, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Liszt: Les préludes
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Jyväskylä 17.04.2010
Liszt: Les préludes
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Jyväskylä 17.04.2010
R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1, Ville Hiilivirta
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Jyväskylä 17.04.2010
R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1, Ville Hiilivirta
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Jyväskylä 17.04.2010
Ilari Hylkilä: Metalfare
Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, 16.04.2011
“Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat and Manifestum performed the Kullervo symphony with brilliance. The soloists Ville Rusanen and Johanna Rusanen-Kartano…provided a gold-rimmed experience.”
Mats Liljeroos, Hufvudstadsbladet, April 2012
The conductor Jüri Alperten as well as the soloists Mikk Murdvee and Henry-David Varema are native Estonians and the result was wonderful musical experience without doing any rebate keeping in mind that only local forces were on the stage. Brahms’ Double Concerto in A minor for violin and cello is an extremely beautiful work which has been performed quite frequently also in our country, but here I have never heard a performance on such high level. The rare Italian instruments also contributed to the performance – violin by Guarneri del Gesu (1727) and cello by Gagliano (1725).
Teater.Muusika.Kino, October 2011, Toomas Velmet
The hero of the festival was definitely conductor and violinist Mikk Murdvee. He rehearsed with two orchestras (orchestra of the summer academy and the festival orchestra), conducted two concerts, performed as a viola soloist, played violin in several string ensembles and was teaching students. What an enviable productivity! And if to think about the concert of the teachers of the academy – the first thing to be remembered is the perfect duo of Mikk Murdvee and Sigrid Kuulmann.
Muusika, October 2011, “XVIII International String Festival in Haapsalu”
Murdvee has made incredible growth as a conductor recently – he is now even more open, daring and passionate. As string player himself he had possibility to take the maximum out of the orchestra and that’s what he really did.
Sirp 05.08.2010
“It is difficult to keep the orchestra, choirs and soloists together rhythmically over a wide open area, but thanks to a good rehearsing and Mikk Murdvee’s highly professional skills as a conductor they succeeded already at the general rehearsal which was open to public”
Helsingin Sanomat, 17.6.2010
“The performance was mature and gripping. Conductor held the orchestra and the audience with him in tension and thrill till the very end with the devoted performance during whole long symphony. Bravo!”
Sirp: “There are pleasant surprises” – Debut with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in March 2010
“Dramaturgy of the piece was so well caught that like the fairy tale was told to us – Mikk Murdvee was great director and visualizer of the story and the orchestra musicians were like actors in the show.”
“It is a pity that the audience was relatively small in number to witness both Mihkel Kerem’s and Mikk Murdvee’s success, latter premiered the great work in Estonia both as a soloist and conductor.”
“Mikk Murdvee did a very good concert with Tallinn Chamber Orchestra”
Sirp, January 2010