10.1.2024
Paula Ernesaks begun playing the French horn at the age of 14 under the guidance of Mari Loiske at the Music institute of Espoo. A year later she continued her studies at the Youth department of the Sibelius Academy and continued her Bachelor’s studies in Sibelius Academy from 2016 with Jukka Harju and Tero Toivonen.
Her orchestral experience includes both youth and professional orchestras in Finland and around Europe. During 2019 to 2021 Paula Ernesaks was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Academy, the Karajan Academy. Beginning of spring 2022 she has been a permanent member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ernesaks has been kindly supported by the Pro Musica Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation and Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation.
A romance of three
4.6.
The programme for the opening concert consists of compositions by Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, inspired by passion and love.
From Osvaldo Golijov to Béla Bartók’s virtuosic Violin Sonata and Georges Enescu’s dazzling Romanian Rhapsody, the concert is a journey through works inspired by the folk music of different cultures. On top of all this, the multi-talented South African Gareth Lubbe amazes listeners as the overtone singing viola soloist.
Jackpot
9.6.
The afternoon concert will feature pioneering works by Mozart and Schumann, works that immediately left their mark in the history of their form and never left.
