Olari Elts appointed as Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra from 20/21

Today, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ENSO) announces in a press conference that Olari Elts will become ENSO’s Music Director and Chief Conductor from the 2020/2021 season, for an initial period of three seasons. His first concert with ENSO took place in 1998 and he has been the Principal Guest Conductor of ENSO since 2007.

4 December 2019

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New recording released!

The new Brahms-Glanert: Four Serious Songs, etc. recording is now released. The disc, by Ondine, features Brahms-Glanert: Four Preludes and Serious Songs, Detlev Glanert: Distant Land (Music with Brahms for Orchestra) and Brahms-Berio: Op. 120 No. 1 (Clarinet Sonata No. 1 for clarinet and orchestra by Luciano Berio).

It was a pleasure to record these pieces with the wonderful Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, baritone Michael Nagy and clarinettist Kari Kriikku. The Guardian newspaper gave this recording a 5 star review and commented: 'Conducted by Olari Elts, the Helsinki Philharmonic packs a sense of epic scale into its 11 minutes [of Glanert's Distant Land]'.

Find out more / buy the CD here.

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