On February 20 at 7 pm in Estonia Concert Hall Tallinn, for the first time in Estonia, Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra will be performed by Lars Anders Tomter (viola, Norway) and Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Olari Elts.
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Erkki-Sven Tüür has written his Viola Concerto for Lars Anders Tomter, one of the world’s leading viola virtuosos whom The Strad magazine called ’the Giant of the Nordic Viola’. |
The highly successful world premier of Erkki-Sven Tüür's „Illuminatio” took place on October 23, 2008 in Sønderborg, Denmark, where it was performed by Lars Anders Tomter and one of the commissioners of the concerto - South Jutland Symphony Orchestra conducted by its chief conductor Vladimir Ziva. The co-commissioners of the concerto are NDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre National de Lille and Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
More info and a concert program from ERSO website
Malle Maltis