Conductor
Orchestral and opera conductor
Biography
Jüri (Yuri) Alperten was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 1957 to a family of musicians. In 1979 he graduated cum laude from the Estonian Academy of Music. His major fields of concentration being piano under Prof Bruno Lukk and orchestral conducting under Prof Roman Matsov. In the same year he was admitted to the St Petersburg Conservatory for postgraduate studies in opera and orchestral conducting. Four years were spent working with Prof Ilya Musin. Jüri Alperten has conducted with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Minsk Philharmonic, Cishinau Philharmonic, St Petersburg Philharmonic, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Plzen Radio Orchestra, Estonian National Opera, Latvian National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Gothenburg Opera, etc. Since 1998 is he the chief conductor of the Pärnu City Orchestra.
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Main repertoire
Attila, Un Ballo in Maschera, Nabucco, Don Carlos and La traviata by Verdi, Eugen Onegin, The Swanlake and The Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, Carmen by Bizet, The Flying Dutchman by Wagner, Figaro’s Marriage, Don Giovanni, Magic Flute and Requiem by Mozart, Madama Butterfly and La bohème by Puccini, Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini, complete symphonies by Beethoven and Brahms, piano concertos by Beethoven, orchestral pieces by Salieri, works by Estonian composers, etc.
Discography
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Voices of the Estonian National Opera / Estonia ooperihääled ERP 2409  Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Overture, Estonian National Opera, fragm, 4 min 27 sec, mp3 Rossini La Cenerentola, fragm, Oliver Kuusik, 2 min 37 sec, mp3 |
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DVD: CHARITY CONCERT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE GREAT TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI Tallinn Sinfonietta, Neeme Punder, Hele-Riin Uib, Girls’ Choir Ellerhein, Villu Veski Works: A Chant of Bamboo by Peeter Vähi, and Songs of Hope 11031011 by Imre Sooäär 2012 Estonia-Japan Association Live video on YouTube:  |
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Estonia–100, CD 4 ERP 906-4 Verdi La traviata, Estonian National Opera conducted by Jüri Alperten, fragm, 135 sec, mp3 |
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Estonia–100, CD 5 ERP 906-4 Rossini Semiramide, Estonian National Opera conducted by Jüri Alperten, live rec, fragm, 138 sec, mp3 |
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Estonia–100, CD 6 ERP 906-6 |
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Helmut Rosenvald Antes Edition BM 31.9197 Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jüri Alperten, fragm, 133 sec, mp3 |
Press resonance
… a higly emotionally spirited Yuri Alperten, who has full command of the score “Carmen” (Theater der Zeit, Germany)
“The Flying Dutchman” was a genuinely Wagnerian performance. The conducting of Yuri Alperten was superb. (Sovetskaya Muzyka, Russia)
Det är flott, men koreografin förmår inte helt fylla musikens nyanser. Denna afton är det främst Tjajkovskij som tar hem spelet. Estländaren Jüri Alperten leder orkestern in i känslornas dalgångar utan att det ekar falsk patetik. Någon enstaka klang blir luddig i Svansjön, men så är ju scenen full av fjädrar. (Anna Angström, SVD, 25.09.02, Sweden)
Dirigent Jüri Alperten /…/ tegi seekord ühe oma parematest esinemistest. Salieri teoste puhul sobis hästi temale omane joviaalsus, dirigendi žestid lõid vastava meeleolu. Salieri orkestriesitusest jäid enim kõrvu flöödi elegantsed ning stiilsed soolod. “Reekviemi” ja filmi vapustavad kokkupuutepunktid olid filmist nähtud haige Mozarti komponeerimisstseen, tema ettelauldud viisijuppidest välja kasvav orkestrikõla ja selle ülevõtmine juba tõelise, kontserdisaalis mängiva orkestri poolt. /…/ Jüri Alperten suutis aeglased osad (eriti Lacrimosa) kujundada lausa sündmuseväärselt meeldejäävaks. Siin mängis kaasa Alperteni kui dirigendi eripära mitte hoida orkestrit raudses haardes ja valitseda, vaid lasta muusikal vabalt voolata ning interpreetidel sellevõrra avaneda. Alperten justkui imetleks ka ise toimuvat ja läheks sellega kaasa. (Heili Vaus-Tamm, Sirp, 12.08.05, Estonia)
