Erki Pehk
Encyclopedia
Erki Pehk is Estonian
conductor
, artistic director of opera music festival PromFest
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Estonians
Estonians are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. They speak a Finnic language known as Estonian...
conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
, artistic director of opera music festival PromFest
PromFest
Promfest, or The Pärnu Opera Music Festival - is a festival dedicated to opera that takes place biannually in the resort town of Pärnu in Estonia....
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Career
- 1982–1986 studies of pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and choirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
conducting at the Tallinn Music High SchoolTallinn Music High SchoolTallinn Music High School is a special music high school in Tallinn, Estonia.-History:TMHS was founded in 1961 to ensure sufficient amount of high-level applicants to Tallinn State Conservatory...
(Music College) in TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
- 1986–1993 studies of choirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
conducting with Prof. Ants Üleoja and orchestra conducting with Peeter Lilje at the Tallinn Conservatoire (later renamed as the Estonian Academy of Music)
- 1992–1994 studies of orchestra conducting at the LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n Academy of Music with Paul Mägi
- 1991–1997 conducting teacher in the Special Music High School (Music College) in Tallinn
- Since August 1994 working as a conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
in the Estonian National OperaEstonian National OperaEstonian National Opera is the national opera company of Estonia. The company is based at the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn.-History:The song and drama society "Estonia" was founded in 1870...
- August 1990 attending at the Kirill Kondrashin Conductors Masterclass in Hilversum (teacher Hiroyuki IwakiHiroyuki Iwakiwas a Japanese conductor and percussionist.-Biography:Iwaki was born in Tokyo in 1932. Shortly after he entered an elementary school, he moved to Kyoto due to his father's transference. He came to play the xylophone at nine years old...
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- July 1991 participation in the Interpretation Course in StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
led by John Eliot GardinerJohn Eliot GardinerSir John Eliot Gardiner CBE FKC is an English conductor. He founded the Monteverdi Choir , the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique...
- February–March 1997 improving of operatic knowledge at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Prof. Mauritz Sillem
- In 1999 and 2001 semi-finalist in the International Conductor's Competition in BesançonBesançonBesançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
- January 2000 formed the 21st Century Orchestra in TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
in EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
and is its conductor.
- Since 2001 the Artistic Director of Klaudia Taev CompetitionKlaudia Taev CompetitionThe Klaudia Taev Competition is a competition for young opera singers. It is a main event of the Pärnu Opera Music Festival PromFest. The Competition has been named after an local legendary singing teacher Klaudia Taev...
for Young Singers
- Since 2005 the Artistic Director of Pärnu International Opera Music Festival (PromFestPromFestPromfest, or The Pärnu Opera Music Festival - is a festival dedicated to opera that takes place biannually in the resort town of Pärnu in Estonia....
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External links
- Operabase
- http://www.oistfest.ee/index.php?id=294