Tomorrow, Martin Kuuskmann will be in front of the Estonian audience. Bassoon virtuoso, born is Estonia and living in New York, will play a solo part in Eino Tamberg’s Bassoon Concerto with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Concerto was written on the commission of State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert in 2000 and premiered two years later in Tallinn by Martin Kuuskmann and ENSO with Nikolai Alekseev conducting. Conductor tomorrow will be ENSO’s new chief conductor Neeme Järvi, under his direction also Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 (1937) and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Suite from opera-ballet Mlada (1903) will be performed. Concerts will take place on October 14 at 7 pm in Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, and October 15 at 7 pm in Vanemuine Concert Hall, Tartu. Concerts are produced by ENSO.
 Martin Kuuskmann |
Martin Kuuskmann has studied bassoon at the Tallinn Music High School and San José State University in California. In 1995, he graduated from the Yale University School of Music with Performance Certificate. In 1997, he obtained B.M. at the Manhattan School of Music and M.M. at the Yale University School of Music in 1998. Kuuskmann has been active as a bassoon and chamber music teacher in USA, Canada and several places in Europe including Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. He has given concerts in Europe, Canada, Japan and USA. Kuuskmann’s repertoire spans from early Baroque to jazz in which the contemporary music holds a special place. He has been written music by Americans Christopher Theofanidis, Gene Pritsker, Charles Coleman, David Chesky and Eino Tamberg, Erkki-Sven Tüür and Tõnu Kõrvits among Estonian composers. |
Mariliis Valkonen