28
August
19:00 — 20:00
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XV TALLINN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 21st – 30th of August 2019

28th of August at 7 PM
Town Hall
VIENNA CLASSICS
Ralf Taal (piano)
Programme includes Mozart and Beethoven

Tickets 10€ / 15€

RALF TAAL
is one of his generations most recognized pianists. He has graduated from Tallinn Music High School and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT). In 1993, he won the 1st Prize at the young pianists’ competition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Edvard Grieg and in 1994 R. Taal won the National Pianists’ Competition and Young Interprets’ Competition-Festival “Con Brio”. He was a scholar of the Estonian Concert for the 1994/95 concert season. In 1995, he was awarded with a special prize at the Schubert International Pianists’ Competition in Dortmund for being the youngest finalist. Ralf Taal has performed as a soloist with almost all Estonian orchestras and he has given numerous solo concerts. He has cooperated with such outstanding conductors as Eri Klas, Paavo Järvi, Olari Elts, Arvo Volmer, Tõnu Kaljuste, Anu Tali etc. His solo programs mostly include music from Schubert, Beethoven and Chopin. In addition to being active as a soloist R. Taal is also a valued ensemble partner for several vocal and instrumental soloists, singers Mati Palm, Ain Anger, Pille Lill, Helen Lokuta, Monika-Evelin Liiv and instrumentalists Indrek Vau, Oksana Sinkova, Toomas Vavilov, Andrus Haav among others. R. Taal is working as a pedagogue at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and at the Georg Ots Tallinn Music School and he was a concert master at the Estonian National Opera (1998-2014).  In 2011, he was rewarded with the annual award of the Estonian Culture Endowment’s Music (Sound Design) Fund. In 2014, he released his solo album with Chopin’s piano music “Magic of Sound” (Estonian Record Productions).

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Date:
August 28, 2019
Time:
19:00 - 20:00
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