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Anu Tali
conductor

Described by the Herald Tribune as “charismatic, brilliant, energetic”, Anu Tali is one of the most captivating and versatile conductors on the international scene today, an artist whose pursuit of fresh and ingenious artistic creativity is acclaimed worldwide by critics and public alike.

Highlights of the 2023/24 season included appearances with Orchestre National de Metz, Würth Philharmonic at Enescu Festival, Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Malmö Academy of Music, Dubai InClassica International Music Festival, Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Essener Philharmoniker, Odense Symphony, and concerts with her Nordic Symphony Orchestra in Tallinn.

Former Music Director of the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida, Anu has appeared with orchestras worldwide, including the New Japan and Tokyo Philharmonic orchestras, Orchestre National de France, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In Germany, she has worked with the Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and Ensemble Modern.

In opera, Anu has had major success with the production of Il barbiere di Siviglia at Staatsoper Unter den Linden with Carmen at Magdeburg State Opera, and was invited to conduct the Freiburger Barockorchester in a production of Gluck’s Telemaco at the Schwetzingen Festival and Theater Basel. Another notable highlight includes acclaimed semi-staged performances of Heiner Goebbels’ Songs of Wars I Have Seen with ensembles including the London Sinfonietta at New York’s Lincoln Center, London’s Southbank Centre, and in Saint Paul-Minnesota, Seattle, and Barcelona. In 2021, she made history as the first woman to conduct an opera at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, in the Calixto Bieito production of Carmen.

Together with her twin sister Kadri, Anu founded the Nordic Symphony Orchestra in 1997 with the aim of utilizing music as a tool to develop cultural contacts between Estonia and Finland, and to unite musicians from around the world. Today, the Nordic Symphony Orchestra brings together musicians from the world’s leading orchestras, with members from 15 countries. In 2007, the orchestra undertook its first European tour to Berlin and Munich.

Her debut recording, Swan Flight (Finlandia/Warner Classics), earned Anu the 2003 ECHO Klassik Young Artist of the Year Award. Other recordings include Action Passion Illusion for Warner Classics, featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Sibelius, and Erkki-Sven Tüür. Her album of Tüür’s Strata and Noēsis, released on ECM, was also met with significant critical acclaim. 

Anu has been the subject of numerous documentaries by international broadcasters such as ARTE, NHK Japan, YLE Finland, and Deutsche Welle. She began her musical career as a pianist, graduating from the Tallinn Conservatory, before training as conductor at the Estonian Academy of Music with Kuno Areng, Toomas Kapten, and Roman Matsow. From 1998 to 2000, she studied at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory with Ilya Musin, and later with Leonid Kortchmar and Jorma Panula.

Anu Tali
conductor

Described by the Herald Tribune as “charismatic, brilliant, energetic”, Anu Tali is one of the most captivating and versatile conductors on the international scene today, an artist whose pursuit of fresh and ingenious artistic creativity is acclaimed worldwide by critics and public alike.

Highlights of the 2023/24 season included appearances with Orchestre National de Metz, Würth Philharmonic at Enescu Festival, Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Malmö Academy of Music, Dubai InClassica International Music Festival, Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Essener Philharmoniker, Odense Symphony, and concerts with her Nordic Symphony Orchestra in Tallinn.

Former Music Director of the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida, Anu has appeared with orchestras worldwide, including the New Japan and Tokyo Philharmonic orchestras, Orchestre National de France, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In Germany, she has worked with the Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and Ensemble Modern.

In opera, Anu has had major success with the production of Il barbiere di Siviglia at Staatsoper Unter den Linden with Carmen at Magdeburg State Opera, and was invited to conduct the Freiburger Barockorchester in a production of Gluck’s Telemaco at the Schwetzingen Festival and Theater Basel. Another notable highlight includes acclaimed semi-staged performances of Heiner Goebbels’ Songs of Wars I Have Seen with ensembles including the London Sinfonietta at New York’s Lincoln Center, London’s Southbank Centre, and in Saint Paul-Minnesota, Seattle, and Barcelona. In 2021, she made history as the first woman to conduct an opera at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, in the Calixto Bieito production of Carmen.

Together with her twin sister Kadri, Anu founded the Nordic Symphony Orchestra in 1997 with the aim of utilizing music as a tool to develop cultural contacts between Estonia and Finland, and to unite musicians from around the world. Today, the Nordic Symphony Orchestra brings together musicians from the world’s leading orchestras, with members from 15 countries. In 2007, the orchestra undertook its first European tour to Berlin and Munich.

Her debut recording, Swan Flight (Finlandia/Warner Classics), earned Anu the 2003 ECHO Klassik Young Artist of the Year Award. Other recordings include Action Passion Illusion for Warner Classics, featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Sibelius, and Erkki-Sven Tüür. Her album of Tüür’s Strata and Noēsis, released on ECM, was also met with significant critical acclaim. 

Anu has been the subject of numerous documentaries by international broadcasters such as ARTE, NHK Japan, YLE Finland, and Deutsche Welle. She began her musical career as a pianist, graduating from the Tallinn Conservatory, before training as conductor at the Estonian Academy of Music with Kuno Areng, Toomas Kapten, and Roman Matsow. From 1998 to 2000, she studied at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory with Ilya Musin, and later with Leonid Kortchmar and Jorma Panula.