Mikk Murdvee
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Mikk Murdvee (b.1980 in Tallinn) is an Estonian-Finnish conductor and violinist living in Helsinki, Finland.
[edit] Education
Mikk Murdvee has studied violin in Tallinn Music High School (1986-1998), Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and Sibelius Academy (1999-2005), graduating from the latter with highest possible marks.
He started conducting studies privately with Atso Almila in 2000. 2002-2007 he studied in Sibelius Academy conducting class, where his teachers were Leif Segerstam, Atso Almila and Jorma Panula plus many other visiting teachers. In addition he has taken part of master classes (including Neeme Järvi Summer Academy) with J.Panula, L.Segerstam and Juozas Domarkas, conducting Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony orchestra, Pärnu City Orchestra and St.Petersburg Festival Orchestra.
[edit] Work experience
He has conducted Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, Oulu Sinfonia, Lappeenranta and Seinäjoki City Orchestras, Pori Sinfonietta, Heinola Sinfonietta, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Haapsalu City Orchestra and many other orchestras. He has been assistant conductor in Tampere Opera, assisting Eri Klas in production of Verdi “Otello” in 2005, Andris Nelsons in Donizetti “L'elisir d'Amore” in 2006 and Giancarlo Andretta in Verdi “Aida” 2007. He has conducted Lehar “Die Lustige Witwe” in Kerava Opera in 2005, and had his own production in Pori Opera in autumn 2006.
He made his Estonian National Opera debut in spring 2007 conducting Lövenskiold's "La Sylphide". He has been reinvited to conduct the same production and in addition to that, Tchaikovski Nutcracker in 2007 and 2008. He also conducts highly successful Tibor Kocsak's "Snow White and 7 Dwarfs" at the same house.
Mikk Murdvee was appointed as assistant conductor of Helsinki University orchestra Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat (YS) 2005-2007. He started as principal conductor of YS in August 2007.
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| Preceded by David Searle |
Principal Conductor, Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat 2007– |
Succeeded by incumbent |
