Glasperlenspiel Music Festival

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Glasperlenspiel banner on the wall of the Estonia Concert Hall

The annual Glasperlenspiel Music Festival is a joint project of Eesti Kontsert and ERP since 1995. It is a leading musical event in Estonian summer. From its very beginning the artistic director of this festival is Peeter Vähi, a composer and music producer.

The Glasperlenspiel Festival is inspired by Herman Hesse’s novel, and its content, instigating the festival to look upon and present music from unusual angles, occasionally tied to a literary or religious, or filosophical-aesthetical or some other new background. These are displayed through titles such as „Nietzche contra Wagner”, „Mozart & Salieri”, „Jungle Book of Baroque”, „Carmina Burana Speciale”, „Da Vinci Code”, „End of the Era of Composers”, „Music for Glass Harmonica”, „Freemasonic Music”.

Grigoryan Guitar Duo

The European Union Baroque Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Absolute Ensemble, Kremerata Baltica, Roy Goodman, Christoph Eschenbach, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Vadim Repin, Piotr Anderszewski, Gidon Kremer, Olli Mustonen, as well as most leading Estonian musicians (the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Estonian National Opera, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, the Estonian National Male Choir RAM, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, the Early Music Consort „Hortus Musicus”, NYYD Ensemble, Eri Klas, Järvi „dynasty”, Olari Elts, Tõnu Kaljuste) have performed at Glasperlenspiel.