November 22nd at 16 Arvo Pärt Centre, Laulasmaa
IMMORTAL II. BEETHOVEN & PÄRT

Age Juurikas, piano
Haiou Zhang, piano, Germany
Estonian Sinfonietta Soloists
Peeter Margus, violin
Valeria Rjumina, violin
Helena Altmanis, viola
Andreas Lend, violoncello
Janel Altroff, double bass

Delightfully intimate Beethoven!

At the second concert of the series ”Immortal” will be performed Beethoven’s piano concertos in a chamber arrangement by Vinzenz Lachner (1811–1893), where the pianist’s stage partner is a string quintet instead of an orchestra. Beethoven himself also arranged his orchestral works for chamber music ensembles in order to better introduce them to the audience. The most striking example here is the 2nd Symphony, which the composer arranged for a piano trio!

In addition to the piano concertos, the evening program includes the most intimate of chamber music – Arvo Pärt's works for string quartet, a rare genre among the composer's works.

Tickets available at Piletilevi.

Year-End Concert of the Estonian Sinfonietta
JUPITER
December 27, 2026 at 17:00 at the Tallinn Philharmonic House of the Blackheads

Marcel Johannes Kits, cello
Estonian Sinfonietta
Conductor Maria Seletskaja

intermission

Marcel Johannes Kits is an alumnus of Trossingen University of Music, where he studied with Francis Gouton, and the Berlin University of the Arts, where he studied under Jens Peter Maintz.

He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Brussels Philharmonic, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Munich Chamber Orchestra, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, and many others. He has also played as the guest principal cello in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich and plays regularly in the Estonian Festival Orchestra.

He has given recitals in venues such as Carnegie Hall, St. Petersburg Philharmonia, Moscow Conservatory, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Berliner Philharmonie and Boulez Saal.

Marcel Johannes Kits won third prize at the Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition (2022) and first prize at the George Enescu competition (2018). He plays an Italian cello made by Francesco Ruggeri (Cremona, 1674) and a bow made by Victor Fetique, both kindly on loan to him by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.

Marcel Johannes Kits has become the Munich Philharmonic’s principal cellist 2026.

Tickets available at Piletilevi.