Estonian conductor as star of the film Nordic Pulse

HELGI LEESMENT, Victoria, BC

DR. LIINA-LY ROOS, Madison, Wisconsin

Kristjan Järvi, an internationally well-known charismatic Estonian musician and conductor (familiar to Canadian Estonian communities as he, his brother Paavo and their father Neeme Järvi have visited several Canadian cities to guest conduct the local symphony orchestras), is featured in a documentary film, Nordic Pulse, directed by David Donnelly, 2019.

It was shown this November at the Calgary European Film Festival, at the initiative of the Alberta Estonian Heritage Society president, Kelly Schuler.

As with other film festivals in this Coronavirus year, the festival went digital. The films could be watched online in one’s own home over a ten-day span across all of Canada. Nordic Pulse had good box office sales with several interested persons attending the virtual panel discussion as well. The showing of this film was also supported by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and the Festival’s own presenting organization, the European Cultural Society of Calgary, among many others.

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Conductor Kristjan Järvi.

Photo: Siiri Kumari