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Olari Elts' passion for distinctive programming rich with invention has earned him much praise on the international music scene. Elts begins his tenure as Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Eesti Riiklik Sümfooniaorkester in 2020/21 season. Since 2018, he is also Artistic Advisor of the Kymi Sinfonietta.

In the 2020/21 season, Elts will return to orchestras with which he has regularly collaborated such as Latvian National Symphony, Turku Philharmonic, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra, amongst others. He also looks forward to his debut with the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal and Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec.

As a champion of contemporary Baltic composers such as Erkki-Sven Tüür and Heino Eller, Elts has released recordings of Heino Eller's Symphonic Poems as well as Eller's violin concerto with Baiba Skride and the Eesti Riiklik Sümfooniaorkester. Also widely celebrated by critics are his Ondine recordings of Erkki-Sven Tüür works with Tapiola Sinfonietta including the viola concerto with Lawrence Power, and Tüür's Symphony No.5 for electric guitar, orchestra, big band and the accordion concerto Prophecy with the Helsingin Kaupunginorkesteri. His 2016 recording of Brahms' arrangements (Detlev, Berio) with Helsingin Kaupunginorkesteri also won high praise. Elts' discography also includes the Borgström and Dmitri Shostakovich violin concertos with Eldbjørg Hemsing and the Wiener Symphoniker under the BIS label, and Poul Ruders Symphony No.5 with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra by Bridge Records.

Elts also made his mark in the opera field, having conducted titles such as Eugene Onegin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni and Idomeneo, Hector Berlioz's La Damnation du Faust, etc. Crossing genres, Elts toured to the Konzerthaus Berlin with the theatre-concert production which combines Mendelssohn and Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" with the Tallinn-based theatre company NO99. For Leonard Bernstein's 100th anniversary, Elts conducted the film "On the Waterfront" with live orchestral accompaniment of the soundtrack.

Elts was Principal Guest Conductor of the Eesti Riiklik Sümfooniaorkester from 2007-2020 and held the same position at Helsingin Kaupunginorkesteri from 2011-2014. He was also Artistic Advisor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne from 2006-2011, Principal Guest Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra from 2007-2010 and Chief Conductor of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra from 2001-2006. Born in Tallinn in 1971, Elts is founder of his contemporary music ensemble, NYYD Ensemble.

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