The annual Glasperlenspiel Music Festival (Glass Bead Game Festival, in
Estonian
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''Klaaspärlimäng'') is a joint project of Eesti Kontsert and
Estonian Record Productions
Estonian Record Productions ("ERP") is an Estonian music production company, founded on 1 March 2001. The main activity was initially record production, and the company has now branched out to produce music festivals and concerts, act as artis ...
since 1995. It is a leading musical event in the
Estonian summer.
Peeter Vähi, a composer and music producer, is the artistic director of the festival.
The Glasperlenspiel Festival is inspired by
Hermann Hesse's novel
The Glass Bead Game, and its content is intended to present music from unusual angles, occasionally tied to a literary, religious, philosophical, esthetical or some other theme. Recent offerings include ''Nietzsche contra Wagner'', ''Mozart & Salieri'', ''Jungle Book of Baroque'', ''Carmina Burana Speciale'', ''Da Vinci Code'', ''End of the Era of Composers'', ''Music for Glass Harmonica'', and ''Freemasonic Music''.
The European Union Baroque Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Absolute Ensemble, Kremerata Baltica, Roy Goodman, Christoph Eschenbach, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Vadim Repin, Piotr Anderszewski, Gidon Kremer, Olli Mustonen, as well as most leading Estonian musicians (the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Estonian National Opera, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, the Estonian National Male Choir RAM, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, the Early Music Consort "Hortus Musicus", NYYD Ensemble, Eri Klas, Järvi "dynasty", Olari Elts, Tõnu Kaljuste) have performed at Glasperlenspiel.
References
* Parhomenko, Eduard
Une promesse du bonheur. Muusikafestival „Klaaspärlimäng” kui filosoofiline institutsioon{Dead link, date=June 2024 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes , in ''Eesti Ekspress'' (
Tallinn, Estonia, 21.07.2004)
External links
Official website of Glasperlenspiel Music Festival
Classical music festivals in Estonia
Summer events in Estonia