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New release: Olari Elts conducts Eller with Baiba Skride

Olari Elts recorded three works by Estonian composer Heino Eller with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Latvian violinist Baiba Skride.
Elts' latest release features Eller's Violin Concerto and Fantasy for Violin and orchestra, performed by Baiba Skride. Furthermore Elts conducts the Estonian composer's Symphonic Legend and Symphony No. 2.

This recording is an attempt to make the orchestral music of Heino Eller (1887-1970) more known. Arvo Pärt, who was Eller’s student, writes: “Heino Eller was much more than anything I can express in words. It was largely due to him that music in Estonia was able to achieve a cultural and professional dignity”.
21 November 2018
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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

Olari Elts wins Estonian Music Award 2019

28 January 2019