Bremen honors Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi, Music Director of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, has been awarded the Senate Medal for Art and Science by the City of Bremen.
Mayor and Senator for Culture Andreas Bovenschulte praised Järvi as the person responsible for traditional events such as the Summer in Lesmona and participative formats such as the district opera in Osterholz-Tenever or the Zukunftslabor, an orchestra focused on cultural participation and music promotion for young people.
Paavo Järvi studied percussion and conducting in his home town of Tallinn and conducting with Leonard Bernstein in Los Angeles. In 2001 he became chief conductor in Cincinnati. He works as a guest conductor with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra London, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the New York Philharmonic. Paavo Järvi also co-founded the Conductors' Academy in Zurich, the winner of which is invited to the Järvi Academy, which he founded with his father Neeme Järvi.
