California, Here We Come: Paavo Järvi's Sixth Season in Cincinnati

(part six of a continuing series)

Paavo Järvi became music director of the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra (Hessische Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester) in November, 2006 in addition to continuing as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.  The event was celebrated in Frankfurt with a giant Paavo installation on a downtown Frankfurt department store.



Introductory article in hr journal, October-November, 2006.  Headline (German) reads "An Entirely Different Maestro."

program cover for 2006-2007 CSO season

Meanwhile, back in Cincinnati . . .  The 2006-07 season brought a spring tour to California and another world premiere by New York composer Charles Coleman, "Deep Woods," in May.  Coleman's "Streetscape" was performed on Järvi's inaugural concert as CSO music director in September, 2001.

Järvi with (left) Otto-Werner Mueller

Järvi with Otto-Werner Mueller in San Diego, California in April, 2007.  Järvi studied conducting with Mueller at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia during the 1980s.

Järvi with (left) Charles Coleman

Järvi with Charles Coleman in Cincinnati in May, 2007.