Kristjan Järvi

Kristjan Järvi lives and breathes music, using its power to create spaces in which anything is possible. Kristjan Järvi pursues his pioneering ideas as a conductor, producer, composer and arranger and runs his own production company Sunbeam Productions. ‘Kristjan Järvi has earned a reputation as one of the canniest, and most innovative, programmers on the classical scene’ (Reuters). He founded the New York-based classical-hip-hop group Absolute Ensemble. Järvi is co-founder and artistic director of the Baltic Sea Philharmonic and is leader of Sunbeam Productions’ band “Nordic Pulse” Kristjan Järvi collaborates internationally with outstanding and creative personalities from the art, music and film scene. He composed music for Tom Tykwer’s series Babylon Berlin, which he recorded with Absolute Ensemble and the MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a recording artist Järvi has more than 60 albums to his credit, from Hollywood soundtracks such as Cloud Atlas, Sense 8 (both productions of the Wachowski sisters who also made The Matrix), A Hologram for the King (Tom Tykwer) and award-winning albums on Sony Classical DG and Chandos. Being a passionate producer, he also arranged and produced in the Sunbeam Studios for Max Richter, Robot Koch, Cold Play and others.. Born in Estonia, Kristjan Järvi emigrated to the United States as a child and grew up in New York City. 2017 Kristjan took his center of life from the USA back to the capital of Estonia, Tallinn.