Neeme Järvi is Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (National Orchestra of Sweden) since 1982, First Principal Guest Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

He was born in Tallinn, Estonia and is one of today's busiest conductors, making frequent guest appearances with the major orchestras and opera houses of the world.

Neeme Järvi's engagements around the globe have included the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Philharmonia, Czech Philharmonic, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, WDR Symphony Orchestra, the major orchestras of Scandinavia and the symphony orchestras of Sydney and Melbourne in Australia. In the US, he regularly appears with prominent orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony. His operatic engagements have included the Metropolitan Opera, the Téatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Opéra de Paris (Bastille) and San Francisco Opera. He also directs a conductors' masterclass in Pärnu, Estonia for two weeks each July.

In 1998, Neeme Järvi led the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on a highly successful tour of eight European countries which received international acclaim. Eurotour '98 featured performances in London, Madrid, Berlin, Vienna and Budapest and the tour concluded in the Estonian capital of Tallinn. 'It would be hard to exaggerate the achievement of Neeme Järvi and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.not just of dazzling brilliance - we expect that of American players - but of stirring warmth, too,' said London's newspaper The Guardian.

Maestro Järvi has amassed a distinguished recording repertoire that includes over 350 discs on the Deutsche Grammophon, Chandos, BIS, Orfeo, EMI and BMG labels, as well as on the DSO's independent label. In addition to a number of operas, he has recorded complete symphony cycles of Wilhelm Stenhammar and Hygo Alfvén; Niels Gade and Carl Nielsen; Jean Sibelius, Johannes Brahms, and Franz Schmidt; Bohuslav Martinu and Antonin Dvorák; Estonian composers Arvo Pärt and Eduard Tubin; Glazunov, Prokofiev and Shostakovich and many others. Most recently, Neeme Järvi and Göteborgs Symfoniker (GSO) have been awarded a Swedish Grammy for their newly released recording of Aurora, Music from the Far North (Deutsche Grammophon).

Around the globe, many accolades and awards have been bestowed upon Neeme Järvi. In Estonia, these include an honorary doctorate from the Music Academy of Estonia in Tallinn, and the Order of the National Coat of Arms from the President of the Republic of Estonia, Mr. Lennart Meri. The mayor of Tallinn presented Maestro Järvi with the city's first-ever ceremonial sash and coat of arms insignia, and he has been named one of the 'Estonians of the Century'.

Neeme Järvi holds an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from Detroit's Wayne State University, as well as honorary degrees from the University of Aberdeen, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the University of Michigan; and Commander of the North Star Order from King Karl Gustav XVI of Sweden.