OUR performers
Tuuri Dede
Tõnu Kaljuste
Mezzo-soprano Tuuri Dede is a member of the initiative for young singers Equilibrium Young Artists created by world famous contemporary music soprano Barbara Hannigan.
Dede has performed as a soloist with such orchestras as The Munich Philharmonics, The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony orchestra, Copenhagen Phiharmonics, The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Øresund, Liepaja Symphony Orhestra etc. and conductors like Barbara Hannigan, Audrey Saint- Gil, Olari Elts, Risto Joost, Tõnu Kaljuste, Peter Spissky, Kaspar Mänd, Erki Pehk, Mikk Üleoja, Hirvo Surva, Martin Sildos, Orhun Orhon, Ingrid Roose, Andreas Peer Kähler, Toomas Kapten etc.
Dede received her masters degree from Sibelus Academy, has previously graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and studied a year at Conservatorio di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan. Currently, she is a PhD student at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Opening Ceremony Thu, 25 August 9:00-10:00
Schötteldreier's Singing Masterclass
Fri, 26 August 12:30-14:00
Kadri-Ann Sumera
Pianist Kadri-Ann Sumera is engaged as soloist as well as chamber musician and accompanist. Her repertoire covers a wide range from baroque to contemporary music. She has issued several CD-s with the music of an Estonian first generation composer Mart Saar and of her father Lepo Sumera.
Opening Ceremony Thu, 25 August 9:00-10:00
Tõnu Kaljuste is a world-renowned choir and orchestra conductor. His most historic achievement to date is the Grammy for Best Choral Performance for the Arvo Pärt album Adam’s Lament in 2014. His recordings have had a number of Grammy nominations in various categories from opera (David and Bathsheba of the Norwegian composer Ståle Kleiberg) to symphonic music. In 2019 he won the International Classical Music Award for the recording of Arvo Pärt’s symphonies with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra.
Kaljuste’s recordings have won several other prestigious prizes such as the Cannes Classical Award (1999), Diapason d’Or (2000), Edison Musical Award (2000) and Classic BRIT Award (2003). He has recorded for the ECM Records, Virgin Classic, BIS and Caprice Records labels.
Collaboration with leading orchestras and choirs in Europe, Australia, Canada and the USA has added an extra dimension to Kaljuste’s international renown. Kaljuste has been the Principal Conductor of the Netherlands Chamber Choir and the Swedish Radio Choir and was named Conductor Laureate of the latter in 2019.
He is the founder of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra (1993) and since the 2019/20 season once again its Principal Conductor and Artistic Director. Kaljuste founded the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in 1981 and is back after 20 years, from August 2021 as its Principal Conductor and Artistic Director.
Tõnu Kaljuste is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and a recipient of the ABC International Music Award of Japan and the Robert Edler Prize for choral music.
Maria Korepanova
Maria Korepanova is the ethnomusicologist and singer who investigates and performs traditional music by Bessermans – a tiny Finno-Ugric nation (only about two thousand persons according to the census of population in 2010), and who live in the Udmurt republic of Russian Federation near Izhevsk. In 2020 Maria Korepanova defended her PhD in the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The improvisational singing style of Bessermans is believed to possess a power to heal medical and mental problems.
Closing Ceremony Sat, 27 August 16:30-17:30
Karl-Markus Kaiv
Tenor Karl-Markus Kaiv (22) is a bachelor-level voice student at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. He has performed some roles in local opera projects such as Tamino in Mozart's "Magic flute" and Podesta in his "La finta giardiniera" this spring.
Schötteldreier's Singing Masterclass
Fri, 26 August 12:30-14:00
Ksenia Rossar
Ksenia Rossar (soprano) is a PhD student at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre specializing in modern ensemble vocal music and having performed premieres of single pieces and cycles, in Estonia, Italy, Latvia and Germany. She has collaborated with a clarinet, cello, harpsichord, marimba, violin, guitar, trumpet, flute and harp.
Schötteldreier's Singing Masterclass
Fri, 26 August 12:30-14:00
Janari Jorro
Janari Jorro (bariton) CV to the PEVOC bucklet. He is the participant from the Masterclass of Kirsten Schötteldreier.
Janari Jorro (bariton) is graduated as a classical singer from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. At present he works in the opera choir of the Estonian National Opera but performs also the solo roles.
Schötteldreier's Singing Masterclass
Fri, 26 August 12:30-14:00
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) is one of the best-known Estonian music ensembles in the world. The EPCC was founded in 1981 by Tõnu Kaljuste, who was the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor for twenty years. Since August 2021 he is once again the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor.
The choir’s repertoire extends from Gregorian chant and baroque to the music of the 21st century, with a special focus on the work of Estonian composers, such as Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis and many others.
The choir is a welcome guest at prestigious festivals, including the BBC Proms, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Salzburg Festspiele, and venues as the Sydney Opera House, Wiener Konzerthaus, the Hong Kong City Hall, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles etc.
A large and acclaimed discography (released in cooperation with ECM, Virgin Classics, Carus, Harmonia Mundi, Ondine, Bis Records) has received awards including two Grammys, a Gramophone Award, Diapason d’Or, 16 Grammy nominations etc.
In 2020 BBC Music Magazine has named the EPCC as one of the 10 best choirs in the world.
ImproVoc 3
Improvisational music ensemble ImproVoc 3 combines in its improvisations different sounds, speaking, singing and acting voices. In their collaboration the ensemble has found a creative breath which enables them to be inspired by each others ideas and develop and shape them into musical compositions created on the spot.