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Mikk Murdvee was born in Tallinn, Estonia on the 20th of March 1980.
Mikk started playing violin at the age of six, slightly before he was accepted to Tallinn Music High School. He graduated from Tallinn Music High School in 1998 and up to this time his official teachers had been his mother Niina Murdvee, Harald Aasa and Mari Tampere-Bezrodny.
In 1998 Mikk was accepted to Estonian Academy of Music. From year 1999 he continued violin studies in Sibelius Academy in Finland under Mari Tampere-Bezrodny. He finished violin studies with diploma in 2005 with best possible mark.
He has played as soloist with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, The Polytech Orchestra, Haapsalu Festival Orchestra, Finnish Navy Orchestra and others.
He has been working professionally as concertmaster of Lappeenranta and Seinäjoki City Orchestras, Kymi Sinfonietta, also in Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, Erasmus Chamber Orchestra and Estonian Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra.
He started conducting studies privately with Atso Almila in 2000. In year 2002 he was accepted to world-famous Sibelius Academy conducting class, where his teachers have been L.Segerstam, A.Almila and J.Panula plus many other visiting teachers.
In addition Mikk has taken part of master classes with N.Järvi, P.Järvi, L.Grin, J.Panula, L.Segerstam, E.Klas, J.Domarkas and L.Korchmar, conducting Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony orchestra, St.Petersburg Festival Orchestra, The Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra and Pärnu City Orchestra.
He has conducted Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, Tampere Sinfonia, Oulu Sinfonia, Lappeenranta and Seinäjoki City Orchestras, Pori Sinfonietta, Heinola Sinfonietta, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Haapsalu City Orchestra and many other orchestras. In London he has conducted SouthBank Sinfonia and Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra.
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 assisted Esa-Pekka Salonen in 3 projects of Philharmonia Orchestra, including a tour to Europe with Bluebeard Castle by Bartók.
He has conducted Lehar “Die Lustige Witwe” in Kerava Opera in 2005, and had his own production in Pori Opera in autumn 2006. He returned to Kerava Opera to conduct Kalman “Circus princess” in 2007 and Abraham “Ball im Savoy” in 2009.
He made his Estonian National Opera debut in 2007 conducting Lövenskiold’s “La Sylphide” and returned the same year to conduct Tchaikovski “Nutcracker” as well. In 2008 conducted first Estonian performance of T.Kocsak’s ballet “Snow White and 7 Dwarfs”. He has also conducted several performances of Rossini “La Cenerentola” in ENO.
He conducted the world premiere of Ilkka Kuusisto’s new opera “Taipaleenjoki” in festival Ilmajoen Musiikkijuhlat in June 2010. The opera was also performed in 2011 and will receive a revival also in June 2012.
Mikk Murdvee was appointed as assistant conductor of Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat (YS) 2005-2007. He started as principal conductor of YS in August 2007. During his leadership he has taken YS to succesful tours in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland and Estonia, in addition of concerts and tours in Finland.
He has recieved many prizes and scholarships, including Estonian National Culture Foundation’s “Debut of the Year 2007″ award for debut in Estonian National Opera.
Concert calendar
Repertoire
Some of the repertoire as conductor and violinist
Stage works
Concert works
Violin repertoire
Abraham: Ball im Savoy
Kalman: Die Zirkusprinzessin
Kangro: Saabastega kass
Kocsak: Snow White and 7 Dwarfs
I.Kuusisto: Taipaleenjoki (fp)
Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe
Lövenskiold: La Sylphide
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
Complete stage works assisted:
Donizetti: L’elisir d’Amore
Verdi: Aida
Verdi: Otello
Concert performances of excerpts from:
L.Madetoja: Arias and duets from opera “Ostrobotnians”
A.Merikanto: Marja’s aria from opera “Juha”
O.Merikanto: Arias and duets from operas:
“Pohjan neiti”
“Elinan surma”
“Regina von Emmeritz”
W.A.Mozart: Arias, duets and scenes from operas:
“Die Entführung aus dem Serail”
“Le nozze di Figaro”
“Don Giovanni”
“Cosi fan tutte”
“Die Zauberflöte”
“La clemenza di Tito”
F.Pacius: Kypron prinsessa – Helkan jauhinlaulu, Anemotisin ballaadi
F.Pacius: Kaarle kuninkaan metsästys – Leonoran ballaadi
E.Rautavaara: Three songs from “Aleksis Kivi”
A.Sallinen: Arias from opera “The Red Line”
J.Strauss: Die Fledermaus
I.Stravinsky: Petruchka
R.Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Concert works:
Atterberg: Suite for violin, viola and strings
C.P.E.Bach: Sinfonie Nr.5 h-moll Wq 182/5
J.S.Bach:
Piano Concerto BWV 1053
Suites nos 1-3
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra
Bashmakov: Lito (fp)
Beethoven:
Egmont ouverture
Romanze G major for violin and orchestra
Bizet: Arlesienne Suites 1 and 2
Bottesini:
Grand Duo Concertante for violin, double bass and strings
Double bass concerto
Brahms:
Symphony no 1
Violin concerto
Double concerto
Tragic Ouverture
Breval:
Cello concerto
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Chausson: Poeme
Christian Winther Christensen:
Don’t look back
Two movements
Clarke: Suite
Crusell: Clarinet concerto no 1
Eespere: Cum filio (piano concerto) (fp)
Elgar: Serenade
Eller: Five pieces for string orchestra
Englund: 1st Piano concerto
Fagerudd: Vild mans strand
Faure: Pavane
Francaix: Clarinet concerto
Franck: Les Eolides
Glazunov: Concertino for Saxophone
Gregson: Trumpet concerto
Grieg: Holberg-Suite
Händel:
Messias (excerpts)
Concerti Grossi
Haydn:
Symphony no. 104
Trumpet concerto in Es
Cello concerto in C
Cello concerto in D
Hindemith:
Mathis der Maler
Trauermusik
Jürgens: Nähtamatu (fp)
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Larsen: Concertino for Horn and Strings
Linkola: Autumn Concerto
Liszt: Les Preludes
Ida Lundén: Halusin
Kallastu: Nahakaupleja Pontus (fp of orchestral version)
Kangro: Dance Steps (Tantsusammud)
Kareva: Elegy for saxophone and orchestra
Kaumann:
SI (fp)
Qui Es (fp)
Kerem:
3rd Symphony (fp)
Lament for viola and string orchestra (fp of viola version)
Rahutu öö (Restless Night) for string orchestra (fp)
Small concerto for small strings (fp)
Symphonietta for small orchestra
Kesti: Piano concerto (fp)
Klami:
Kuvia maalaiselämästä
Tseremissiläinen fantasia
Kortekangas: Mukka-sarja
Kullerkupp: Rongisõit
Kuula: Songs
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Liszt: Les Preludes
Mahler: Totenfeier
Martinu: Oboe concerto
Marttinen: Piano Concerto, Festive Polonaise (fp)
Melartin: Songs
Mendelssohn: String symphony no 7 d minor
A.Merikanto:
“Savannah-la-Mar” (fp of reconstruction)
Songs
O.Merikanto:
Songs
E.Mielck:
Ouverture zu Macbeth
Dramatische Ouverture
Mozart:
Horn Concerti
Violin Concerti
Flute Concerti
Divertimenti KV 135, 136, 137
Symphony no.41 “Jupiter”
Nielsen: 5th symphony
P.H.Nordgren:
Symphony for Strings op.43
Concerto for viola, harpsichord and string orchestra
F.Pacius:
Violin Concerto
Die Weihe der Töne, declamatorium
Songs
Ouverture to “Kung Karls Jakt”
Arias from “Kung Karls Jakt” and “Prinsessan av Cypern”
Panula: Etelä-Pohjalaisia kansansäveliä, sarja jousiorkesterille
Puumala: Soira
Pärt:
Symphony no.1
Symphony no.2
Rachmaninov: Symphony no.2 e minor
Rautavaara: Divertimento
Ravel: Piano concerto G
Rheinberger: Suite for violin, cello, organ and strings
Rimski-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Rääts:
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra no.1
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no.1
Saariaho: Graal Theatre
Saint-Saens:
Carnival of the Animals
Havanaise
Salonen: Floof!
Scelsi: Quattro pezzi
Schostakovitch:
Violin concerto no.1
Cello concerto no.1
Schedrin: Carmen-Suite
Schubert:
Symphony no.7 “Unfinished”
Rondo A-major for Violin and Strings
Sibelius:
Symphony no.7
Violin concerto
Karelia-suite
Finlandia
Valse Triste
En Saga (Satu)
Scene with Cranes
Suite mignone
Pelleas & Melisande
Songs
Steiner: Õpetatud
R.Strauss:
Oboe concerto
Horn concerto op.11
Also sprach Zarathustra (beginning)
Sumera:
In memoriam
Music for Chamber Orchestra
Tally:
Birds and Shadows (fp)
Winter Island (fp)
Tamberg: Soli e Tutti (fp)
Tchaikovski:
Symphony no.6
Violin Concerto
Romeo and Juliet
Rococo Variations
Valse Scherzo
Pezzo Capriccioso
Leilei Tian: Wu
Tormis: Kevade Suite
Tubin:
Symphony no.3
Symphony no.5
Tulev: Flute concerto
Villa-Lobos: Guitar concerto
Vivaldi: Concerti
H.Vuori: Elfenmusik (fp)
Wagner:
Ouverture und Liebestod aus Tristan und Isolde
Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3
Weber:
Clarinet Concerto no.1
Konzertstück f-moll
H.Wessman: Imitazzioni errate (fp)
Wieniawski: Polonaise D major for violin and orchestra
(fp) – first performance
plus small selection of other works worked with:
Bartok:
Miraculous Mandarin (Suite and whole)
Music for Strings, Celesta and Percussion
Cantata Profana
Beethoven
Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Violin concerto
Ouvertures
Brahms:
Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 4
Violin concerto
Double Concerto
Tragic Ouverture
Debussy: La Mer
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Donizetti: L’elisir d’Amore
Dvorak: Symphonies nos 7-9, Cello concerto
Elgar: Cello concerto, Enigma variations
Haydn: London symphonies, Trumpet Concerto
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler
Humperdinck: Hansel und Gratel
Klami: Kalevala Suite
Kodaly: Hary Janos
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Lindberg: Arena
Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto, 3rd Symphony
Madetoja: Pohjalaisia, Concert ouverture
Mahler:
Symphonies no 1, 5 and 6
Totenfeier
Das Lied von der Erde
Kindertotenlieder
Mendelssohn:
Symphonies no 1, 4, 5
Die Schöne Melusine
Hebrides
Mozart:
Symphonies no 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
Marriage of Figaro, Zauberflöte, Cosi fan tutte
Puccini: La Boheme
Salonen: Violin concerto
Schubert: Symphonies no 5, 8
Schumann:
Symphony no 3
Piano concerto
Cello concerto
Sibelius:
Symphonies no 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Violin concerto
Pohjola’s Daughter
Tapiola
Satu
Lemminkäinen
Shostakovits:
Symphonies no 1, 5, 9
Piano concerto no 2
Violin concerto no 1
J.Strauss: Die Fledermaus
R.Strauss:
Don Juan
Tod und Verklärung
Till Eulenspiegel
Eine Alpensinfonie
Rosenkavalier-Suite
Horn Concerto op.11
Stravinski:
Dumbarton Oaks
Firebird
Petruchka
Rite of Spring
Apollon Musagete
Tchaikovski: 4, 5, 6, Capriccio Italien, Violin concerto
Verdi: Otello, Aida
Wagner:
Ouvertures
Prelude und Liebestod aus Tristan und Isolde
Siegfried-Idyll
Violin repertoire:
Concertos:
Brahms: Violin concerto, Double concerto
Sibelius
Tsaikovski
Mozart 3, 4, 5
Vieuxtemps 5
Spohr 8
Lalo
Rääts 1
Other pieces with orchestra:
Jarrett: Elegy
Beethoven: Romanzen op. 40 & 50
Kerem: Lament
Sonatas:
Beethoven 1, 4, 7
Brahms 1, 2, 3
Debussy
Franck
Kerem 1, 2, 3 (fp)
Mozart KV 301-305
Prokofjev 1
Schumann 1, 2
Tubin
Virtuoso pieces:
Ernst: Last Rose of Summer
Kerem: Solo sonata
Paganini: Caprices
Ravel: Tzigane
Saint-Saens: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
Tsaikovski: Valse-Scherzo
Wieniawski: Original Theme with Variations
Polonaise in D
Ysaye: Solo sonatas no.2 and no.6
Piano trios:
Beethoven op.1 no 2
Kerem 4 dances and epilogue (fp)
Martinu 2
Mendelssohn op. 49
Mozart C-major
Rachmaninov (1892)
Ravel
Shostakovitsh 1, 2
String quartets:
Beethoven op.18 no 1
Kerem 7
Mendelssohn op 13
Mozart G KV387, d KV 421
Shostakovitsh 1, 7, 8
Sibelius Voces Intimae
Turriago (fp)
Other Chamber music:
Aho: Oboe Quintet
Brahms:
Piano Quartet A major
Piano Quintet f minor
String Sextet G major
Chausson: Chanson perpetuelle
Haapamäki: WIDE
Kerem: String Sextet (original version of “Restless Night”)
Lindberg: Clarinet Quintet
Matvejeff: Il principe dei dolori (fp)
Schnittke: Piano Quintet
Schönberg:
Verklärte Nacht
Suite op. 29
Schubert: String Quintet C Major
Shostakovits: Piano Quintet
Tšaikovski: Souvenir de Florence
Press
Some reviews:
Sirp 05.08.2010: “Noorte talentide debüüdivõimalus”
Murdvee has made incredible growth as a conductor recently – he is now even more open, daring and passionate. As string player himself he had possibility to take the maximum out of the orchestra and that’s what he really did.
HS 17.6.2010: “Taipaleenjoki räjähtää runoiksi” – First performance of I.Kuusisto’s new opera in June 2010
“It is difficult to keep the orchestra, choirs and soloists together rhythmically over a wide open area, but thanks to a good rehearsing and Mikk Murdvee’s highly professional skills as a conductor they succeeded already at the general rehearsal which was open to public”
Sirp: “There are pleasant surprises” – Debut with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in March 2010
“The performance was mature and gripping. Conductor held the orchestra and the audience with him in tension and thrill till the very end with the devoted performance during whole long symphony. Bravo!”
Sirp: “Tallinna Kammerorkestri lamentatsioon vioola ja akordioniga” – Concert with Tallinn Chamber Orchestra in January 2010
“Dramaturgy of the piece was so well caught that like the fairy tale was told to us – Mikk Murdvee was great director and visualizer of the story and the orchestra musicians were like actors in the show.”
“It is a pity that the audience was relatively small in number to witness both Mihkel Kerem’s and Mikk Murdvee’s success, latter premiered the great work in Estonia both as a soloist and conductor.”
“Mikk Murdvee did a very good concert with Tallinn Chamber Orchestra”
Sirp: “Tšaikovskiga uude aastasse” – Piano Trio concert in December 2009
HS: Concert with Hämeenlinna City Orchestra in October 2009
Sirp: “Noored talendid on noored talendid” – Concert with young soloists and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra in March 2009
HS: Pärnu City Orchestra in Helsinki in November 2008
HS 15.10.2006: “Iloa, oikkuja ja spagaatti” – “Merry Widow” at Pori in October 2006
“Under Mikk Murdvee’s leadership Pori Sinfonietta achieved music’s freshness, charm and instinctivity in different dance rhythms.”
HS 8.01.2005: “Strauss-ilosanomaa suomalaisittain”
HS 8.01.2004: “Strauss villitsee suomalaisetkin”
Contact
Runeberginkatu Helsinki Suomi Finland 00100
+358 415188968
mikk [at] mikkmurdvee.com