Kristjan Järvi (born 13 June 1972, Tallinn) is an Estonian-American conductor. He is the younger son of Neeme Järvi. His siblings, Paavo and Maarika, are also accomplished musicians.
When Järvi was age 7, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Rumson, New Jersey.[1] He grew up in New York City. Järvi studied piano with Nina Svetlanova at the Manhattan School of Music. He later went on to study conducting at the University of Michigan under Kenneth Kiesler.
From 1998 to 2000, Järvi was Assistant Conductor to Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He and the composer Charles Coleman co-founded the Absolute Ensemble, based in New York City, in 1993, with Järvi as its music director.[2] [3] In 2007, Järvi and the Absolute Ensemble were awarded the Deutsche Bank Prize for Outstanding Artistic Achievement.
Järvi became Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra of Umeå in Sweden from 2000-2004. From 2004 to 2009, Järvi was Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Tonkünstler Orchestra, Vienna.[4] Järvi is also the current Artistic Advisor to the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the conductor and founder of the Baltic Youth Philharmonic.
In addition to a Grammy nomination, Järvi has previously been awarded the German Record Critics Prize and a Swedish Grammy for his opera album "Isle of Bliss". He has recorded Leonard Bernstein's Mass with the Tonkünstler Orchestra and Absolute Ensemble.[5] While Järvi's repertoire includes pieces from the Classic and Romantic periods, he is also a specialist for 20th century composers and contemporary music, having commissioned works by Arvo Pärt, Heinz Karl Gruber, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Ezequiel Viñao, Peeter Vähi and Joe Zawinul, among others. Järvi's philanthropic activities include founding the Estonian Orphanage Music Outreach foundation and the Absolute Academy in Bremen.
Järvi has a son, Lukas, from his first marriage to the violinist Leila Josefowicz. He and his second wife, the flautist Hayley Melitta, have a son, Finn Byron, born February 20, 2007. Their daughter Avalon, was born January 31, 2009. [6] The family makes their home in Vienna and Florida.
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