The Leigo Lake Music Festival, due to take place on 13 August in southern Estonia, will celebrate the jubilees of the three maestros – the father Neeme Järvi and sons Paavo Järvi and Kristjan Järvi, who will all also conduct at the festival; additionally, as many as 10 soloists from the Järvi family will perform.
Benjamin Zander began yesterday’s Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concert at Symphony Hall with the Ukrainian national anthem. Ravel’s La valse, Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Zlatomir Fung, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 followed.
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