Erki Pehk

Erki Pehk (born 23 March 1968 Võru, Estonia) is Estonian conductor, artistic director of opera music festival PromFest.

Career

• 1982–1986 studies of piano and choir conducting at the Tallinn Music High School (Music College) in Tallinn

• 1986–1993 studies of choir conducting with Prof. Ants Üleoja and orchestra conducting with Peeter Lilje at the Tallinn Conservatoire (later renamed as the Estonian Academy of Music)

• 1992–1994 studies of orchestra conducting at the Latvian Academy of Music with Paul Mägi

• 1991–1997 conducting teacher in the Special Music High School (Music College) in Tallinn

• Since August 1994 working as a conductor in the Estonian National Opera

• August 1990 attending at the Kirill Kondrashin Conductors Masterclass in Hilversum (teacher Hiroyuki Iwaki)

• July 1991 participation in the Interpretation Course in Stuttgart led by John Eliot Gardiner

• February–March 1997 improving of operatic knowledge at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Prof. Mauritz Sillem

• In 1999 and 2001 semi-finalist in the International Conductor's Competition in Besançon

• January 2000 formed the 21st Century Orchestra in Tallinn in Estonia and is its conductor.

• Since 2001 the Artistic Director of Klaudia Taev Competition for Young Singers

• Since 2005 the Artistic Director of Pärnu International Opera Music Festival (PromFest)

For artistic achievements with the festival PromFest and for the production of Thaïs by Massenet, Mr. Pehk was given the State Prize of Musical Theatre of Estonia 2010.

External links

• Operabase
• http://www.promfest.ee/en