Järvi Family

The Järvi family is a famous Estonian musical family, which was started by the Estonian conductor Vallo Järvi.[1]

Members of the family include conductor Vallo Järvi and his sons, violist Andrus Järvi and cellist Teet Järvi, and Vallo's brother and fellow conductor Neeme Järvi and his children, sons Paavo Järvi and Kristjan Järvi and daughter Maarika.[2]

Andrus Järvi is married to pianist Sirje Järvi and they have three children. Teet Järvi's wife is a pianist (Mari Järvi) and they have five children, all of whom are musicians, and who play together as the ensemble Järvi Instrumentalists.[3]

List of family members

  • Vallo Järvi (1923–1994), conductor
    • Andrus Järvi (born 1953), violist
    • Sirje Järvi, pianist, wife of Andrus
      • Markus Järvi
      • Maria Järvi
      • Margarete Järvi
    • Teet Järvi (1958–2025), cellist[4]
    • Mari Järvi (born 1959), pianist, wife of Teet
      • Marius Järvi (born 1981), cellist
      • Miina Järvi (born 1983), violinist
      • Mihkel Järvi (born 1985), pianist
      • Madis Järvi (born 1988), violist
      • Martin Järvi (born 1994), violist
  • Neeme Järvi (born 1937), conductor
    • Paavo Järvi (born 1962), conductor
    • Tatiana Berman, violinist, Constella Festival organizer, ex wife of Paavo
    • Maarika Järvi (born 1964), flautist
    • Kristjan Järvi (born 1972), conductor, composer and producer.
    • Leila Josefowicz (born 1977), American-Canadian violinist, ex-wife of Kristjan
    • Hayley Melitta Reid, wife of Kristjan since 2005

References

  1. ^ "Dünastia. Perekond Järvi | Klassikaraadio". ERR (in Estonian). 2 October 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ James Jolly. 'A conducting dynasty: in conversation with Neeme Järvi and his sons Paavo and Kristjan', Gramophone, 19 September, 2018
  3. ^ 'Estonia’s greatest musical family – the Järvis', estonia.ee
  4. ^ 'Estonian cellist Teet Järvi has died', The Strad, 19 June, 2025


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