Artist info Nikolai Alexeev One of the most outstanding representatives of the Russian conducting school, the People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Nikolai Alexeev graduated from the Glinka Choir College and the Leningrad State Conservatory, where he majored in choir conducting in the class of Avenir Mikhailov and opera and symphony conducting [...]
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 [...]
Artist info Kalle Randalu Kalle Randalu is an Estonian pianist of international acclaim. He studied at the Tallinn Music High School with Tiina Kurik, at the Tallinn Conservatoire with Prof. Bruno Lukk and the Moscow Conservatoire with Prof. Lev Vlassenko. He is a laureate of several international piano contests: First Prize from [...]
Artist info Irina Zahharenkova Irina Zahharenkova is one of the most outstanding keyboard performers of her generation to emerge from Estonia today. She has won first prizes from major international piano competitions as the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (Leipzig, Germany – 2006), Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition (Terni, Italy – 2006), [...]
Artist info Anna-Liisa Bezrodny Anna-Liisa Bezrodny was born into a distinguished family of musicians in Moscow, currently in great demand as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician all over the world, receiving praising critics about her performances around the globe. Already at the age of two she began her violin studies with [...]
Silver Ainomäe Silver Ainomäe was born in Tallinn, Estonia. At the age of six he began to play the cello and piano. In 1990 Silver’s family migrated from Estonia to neighbor country Finland. Shortly after that, at the age of twelve, Silver Ainomäe was accepted to the Youth Department of Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki, [...]
Artist info Heili Rosin studied piano and flute at the Põltsamaa Music School and the Tallinn Music High School. She is currently continuing her studies at theConservatorium van Amsterdam. Heili Rosin has participated in master classes of Renate Greiss-Armin, Peter-Lukas Graf, Felix Renggli, Kersten McCall, Pirmin Grehl, Robert Stallmann, Giorgio Blasco, Michael [...]
Thomas Indermühle Thomas Indermühle is definitely one of the most important figures in the oboe music world today. One can find nearly any piece from the oboe repertoire recorded by him on CDs and his students on principal positions in many leading orchestras in the world. Thomas Indermühle’s repertoire ranges from works by [...]
Artist info Martin Kuuskmann Grammy nominated Estonian-born bassoon virtuoso, Martin Kuuskmann’s charismatic and commanding performances throughout the world have earned him repute as one of the leading solo instrumentalists today. The New York Times praised Kuuskmann’s playing as “…the amazing bassoonist…Kuuskmann played stunningly…” Constantly pushing the boundaries for new artistic and technical [...]
Artist info C-JAM “Miraculous” – is the most common reaction from listeners attending concerts of cello quartet C-JAM. In 2004 four leading cello players of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra formed a group in order to perform their own arrangements of rock/pop music. Their aim is to bring beloved and evergreen melodies [...]
Artist info SaxEst Saxophone quartet SaxEst was founded in 1999 by leading Estonian saxophone players Ivo Lille (soprano saxophone), Virgo Veldi (alto saxophone), Lauri Sepp (tenor saxophone) and Sulev Sommer (baritone saxophone). Ensemble’s versatile repertoire ranges from transcriptions of baroque and classical works to contemporary music specially written for this ensemble. Music [...]