RESONANCE CONCERT SERIES • CONCERT SERIES 2025/2026

he AFEKT Festival celebrates the 90th birthdays of living legend Arvo Pärt and Helmut Lachenmann. To mark the occasion, audiences will have a rare opportunity to hear maestro Lachenmann himself as the narrator in his work ...zwei Gefühle.... Also featured is a new orchestral and electronic work by Hanna Hartman, commissioned jointly by the Donaueschinger Musiktage and the AFEKT Festival. The soloist in Jüri Reinvere’s flute concerto is Monika Mattiesen, the festival’s artistic director. The concert will be conducted by Susanne Blumenthal, a highly acclaimed interpreter of contemporary music. 

This year’s programme of the Estonian Music Days includes a new work by Liisa Hirsch, along with the Estonian premiere of Riho Esko Maimets’ concerto for piccolo and harp. The brilliant violinist Hans Christian Aavik will perform Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Violin Concerto No. 2, titled Angel’s Share. According to the composer, the title reflects the shedding of unnecessary elements as one matures. The evening concludes with Symphony No. 2 by Lepo Sumera, one of Estonia’s most significant symphonists. The concert will be conducted by Olari Elts. 

I: International Contemporary Music Festival AFEKT 

Friday, 24.10.2025 at 19:00 

Estonia Concert Hall 

Helmut Lachenmann ...zwei Gefühle... 

Hanna Hartman New work 

Jüri Reinvere Flute Concerto 

HELMUT LACHENMANN narrator, MONIKA MATTIESEN flute, ERSO, conductor SUSANNE BLUMENTHAL 

II: Estonian Music Days 2026 

Friday, 17.04.2026 at 19:00 

Estonia Concert Hall 

Liisa Hirsch New work 

Riho Esko Maimets Ecdysis 

Erkki-Sven Tüür Violin Concerto No. 2 

Lepo Sumera Symphony No. 2 

HANS CHRISTIAN AAVIK violin, ERSO, conductor OLARI ELTS 

RESONANCE CONCERT SERIES PRICES: 

Tickets: €52 / €45*

The concert series ticket includes two concerts. 

*Discounted prices apply to students, university students, and pensioners upon presentation of a valid ID at the ticket check. 

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