Chamber Music series • ERSO kontserdisarjad 2024/2025

The concerts of the Chamber Music series will take place on four Saturdays in the Great Hall of the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet (MUBA). The world-class performers who took the stage as soloists in front of the orchestra on Friday will perform there in chamber ensembles with the musicians of the ERSO.

The first concert in the series will take place in October with pianist Alexander Melnikov. Melnikov, who is known for his frequent unusual decisions regarding musical choices and playlists, is characterised by his fascination with historically informed performance practices. He is also an active chamber musician, whose long-term stage partner is violinist Isabelle Faust, who is also going to solo with ERSO this season. He also plays regularly with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and violinist Antoine Tamestit.

In February, clarinettist Sérgio Pires will perform with the ensembles of ERSO. He is the principal clarinet of the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as an active soloist and chamber musician. He has been accompanied by, among others, oboist Heinz Holliger and flutist Emmanuel Pahud, who are considered among the all-time greats of wind music.

In March, MUBA will host pianist William Youn, who has been described by critics as a poet at the piano whose musical brilliance allows him to discover the soulful depths of music. His Schubert recordings are particularly highly praised, but in addition to those, he has also recorded all of Mozart’s piano sonatas. Youn also plays regularly in a chamber ensemble with violinist Nils Mönkemeyer and clarinettist Sabine Meyer.

The series will conclude with Ukrainian-born pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk, a highly acclaimed virtuoso who is a resident artist for the 2023/24 season at the prestigious chamber music venue Wigmore Hall in London. His performance is both poetic and electrifying. Together with his band partner, violinist Janine Jansen, she performs regularly all over Europe.

PROGRAMME

I: ALEXANDER MELNIKOV

Saturday, 12 October 2024 at 6 p.m. at MUBA

Johannes Brahms. Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

ALEXANDER MELNIKOV piano, ERSO chamber formations

II: SÉRGIO PIRES

Saturday, 8 February 2025 at 6 p.m. at MUBA

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Serenade in B-flat major (Gran Partita), KV 361

SÉRGIO PIRES clarinet, ERSO chamber formations

III: WILLIAM YOUN

Sunday, 9 March 2025 at 6 p.m. at MUBA

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, KV 478

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, KV 452

WILLIAM YOUN piano, ERSO chamber formations

IV: ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK

Saturday, 12 April 2025 at 6 p.m. at MUBA

The programme is created by Alexander Gavrylyuk.

ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK piano, ERSO chamber formations

●       Series ticket: full-price ticket for the series, including all four concerts: €60

●       Series ticket: discounted ticket* for the series, including all four concerts: €36