Estonian Record Productions
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Estonian Record Productions ("ERP") is an Estonia
n music production company, founded on March 1, 2001. The main activity was initially record production, and the company has now branched out to produce music festivals and concerts, act as artist management, publish music, and offers notation and specialised travel services for musicians. Peeter Vähi is the artistic director and Tiina Jokinen is the managing director.
and in co-operation with the city of Tartu, the Glasperlenspiel
festival. Though the home base for both festivals is Estonia, during recent years a number of concerts have taken place in Latvia, Finland, Sweden and St. Petersburg.
Orient is the first and so far only festival in the Baltic countries that is solely dedicated to Asian music, the main focus being on folk and sacred as well as traditional classical music. The festival has featured the most prominent Oriental musicians like the Indian flautist Hari Prasad Chaurasia, sitarists Ravi
and Anoushka Shankar, the Japanese giant drums ensemble Kodô, the Tuvinian guttural singers "Huun-Huur-Tu", Tibetan Buddhists monks of the Gyuto
and Gyudmed monasteries, the Turkish percussionist Burhan Öçal, the Armenian dudukist Jivan Gasparyan, the Azeri muqam singer Alim Qasimov.
The annual Glasperlenspiel Festival is inspired by Herman Hesse's novel, and its intention is to look upon and present music from unusual angles, occasionally tied to a literary, religious, philosophical, esthetical or some other new angle. Recent themes have included Nietzsche contra Wagner, Mozart & Salieri, Da Vinci Code, Jungle Book of Baroque, Carmina Burana Speciale, End of the Era of Composers, Music for Glass Harmonica, and Freemasonic Music. The Australian Chamber Orchestra
, the Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, West-Deutsche Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Choir, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Piotr Andreszewski, Olli Mustonen, Christopher Eschenbach and others, as well as Estonian musicians have performed at Glasperlenspiel.
, pianist Vardo Rumessen, conductor Risto Joost, mixed choir Latvija, chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica directed by Gidon Kremer, and ensemble Jouissance as well as ethnic musicians of Asian heritage.
Estonia
Estonia , 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...
n music production company, founded on March 1, 2001. The main activity was initially record production, and the company has now branched out to produce music festivals and concerts, act as artist management, publish music, and offers notation and specialised travel services for musicians. Peeter Vähi is the artistic director and Tiina Jokinen is the managing director.
Music festivals
ERP arranges two regular music festivals: an Eastern music festival, OrientOrient, the Festival of Eastern Music
Orient is an annual music festival held in the Baltic countries concentrating on Asian music, the main focus being on folk, sacred, and traditional classical music...
and in co-operation with the city of Tartu, the Glasperlenspiel
Glasperlenspiel Music Festival
The annual Glasperlenspiel Music Festival is a joint project of Eesti Kontsert and Estonian Record Productions since 1995...
festival. Though the home base for both festivals is Estonia, during recent years a number of concerts have taken place in Latvia, Finland, Sweden and St. Petersburg.
Orient is the first and so far only festival in the Baltic countries that is solely dedicated to Asian music, the main focus being on folk and sacred as well as traditional classical music. The festival has featured the most prominent Oriental musicians like the Indian flautist Hari Prasad Chaurasia, sitarists Ravi
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
and Anoushka Shankar, the Japanese giant drums ensemble Kodô, the Tuvinian guttural singers "Huun-Huur-Tu", Tibetan Buddhists monks of the Gyuto
Gyuto Order
Gyuto Tantric University is one of the great monastic institutions of the Gelug Order.-History:Gyuto was founded in 1475 by Jetsun Kunga Dhondup and is one of the main tantric colleges of the Gelug tradition...
and Gyudmed monasteries, the Turkish percussionist Burhan Öçal, the Armenian dudukist Jivan Gasparyan, the Azeri muqam singer Alim Qasimov.
The annual Glasperlenspiel Festival is inspired by Herman Hesse's novel, and its intention is to look upon and present music from unusual angles, occasionally tied to a literary, religious, philosophical, esthetical or some other new angle. Recent themes have included Nietzsche contra Wagner, Mozart & Salieri, Da Vinci Code, Jungle Book of Baroque, Carmina Burana Speciale, End of the Era of Composers, Music for Glass Harmonica, and Freemasonic Music. The Australian Chamber Orchestra
Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Australian Chamber Orchestra was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appointed Artistic Director....
, the Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, West-Deutsche Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Choir, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Piotr Andreszewski, Olli Mustonen, Christopher Eschenbach and others, as well as Estonian musicians have performed at Glasperlenspiel.
Artist Management
ERP represents Grigoryan Guitar Duo, Cristofori Piano Quartet Amsterdam, guitarist Rémi Boucher, flute-bassoon duo Martinika, tenor Mati Turi, pianist-harpsichordist Irina ZahharenkovaIrina Zahharenkova
Irina Zahharenkova is an Estonian pianist and harpsichordist trained at the Estonian Academy of Music and the Sibelius Academy.-References:* Tallinn Chamber Music Festival* Borletti-Buitoni Trust...
, pianist Vardo Rumessen, conductor Risto Joost, mixed choir Latvija, chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica directed by Gidon Kremer, and ensemble Jouissance as well as ethnic musicians of Asian heritage.
Recordings
Since 2001 ERP has released records under its own label but the majority of production has been for foreign record companies or labels like Warner Classics/Finlandia Records, Erdenklang, CCn’C, Da Music, CPO, Antes Edition, Edition 49, InProdicon, and others. Though the main activity is still CD production, since 2005 vinyl records are also being produced. Recordings for non-physical release on the internet are offered as well. Audiovisual recording (DVD) release is under way.Partial discography
- Estonia – 100 – a jubilee collection consisting of 11 CDs, double CDs
- 100 Years of Estonian Symphony
- Nordic Legends, opera by Eino Tamberg
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Paavo JärviPaavo JärviPaavo Järvi is an Estonian-American conductor, and current Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris.Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to conductor Neeme Järvi and Liilia Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also musicians...
conducts EUYO at Glasperlenspiel Festival - Wallenberg An Opera by Erkki-Sven Tüür, an LP by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
- A Chant of Bamboo
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer movie sound track