Priit Peterson

Priit Peterson graduated from the classical guitar major at the Tartu Music School named after H. Eller.

He is currently finishing the Fr. Lizst´s Weimar University of Music (master's degree) under Prof. Ricardo Gallen.

In addition to the guitar, he studies historical finger instruments (theorb, baroque guitar) at the Weimar University of Music.

Priit started his music studies at the age of 5, his first instrument was the piano. He started playing the guitar at the age of 8 under the guidance of his father. The second teacher was guitarist and pedagogue Patricio Zeoli, who has been a visiting teacher at Eller School since 2011. Priit has repeatedly won the Best Young Instrumentalist guitar competition of the Union of Estonian Music Schools. He has also been a laureate of several international guitar competitions, the most prestigious of which is the Hannabach Preis competition in Germany, where he won 3rd place in the final.

Priit started his concert activities early: he gave his first full-length solo concert when he was 12 years old. To date, more than half a hundred concerts have been given, both at Estonian and foreign guitar festivals. He has performed as a soloist in front of young orchestras, as well as in various chamber ensembles and has played historical finger instruments (theorb, baroque guitar) in early music groups.

The members of the string quartet Prezioso are Hanna-Liis Nahkur (violin), Mari-Katrina Suss (violin), Helena Altmanis (viola) and Andreas Lend (cello), and the collective has been active since 2006. All four musicians graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, where the quartet was tutored by Henry-David Varema. In addition to playing in the quartet, Hanna-Liis, Mari-Katrina and Helena are also members of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, and Andreas is a cellist at the Estonian National Opera.
The quartet has successfully participated in several competitions and received prizes, given numerous concerts and participated in festivals in Estonia, Finland, Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey and the Czech Republic. Prezioso has participated in the master classes of Petersen Quartet, Johannes Goritzki, Lydia Mordkovitch, Lluis Claret, David Takeno, Christoph Poppen, Paavo Järvi and many others. The collective has also repeatedly taken part in The International Holland Music Sessions Summer Academy courses, which culminated in a concert tour in the Netherlands.

Prezioso has premiered new works by several Estonian composers, including Tõnu Kõrvits, Rein Rannap, Kristjan Randalu, Sven Grünberg, Tauno Aints, Margo Kõlar, Timo Steiner, Mirjam Tally, Mariliis Valkonen and others. The quartet has also given concerts and made recordings with many classical and pop-jazz musicians: Sven Helbig, Antti Siirala, Kristjan Randalu, Rein Rannap, Hando Nahkur, Toomas Vavilov, Age Juurikas, Henry-David Varema, Mihkel Poll, Pirjo Joonas, Iiris Oja , Maarja Purga, Konstantia Gourzi, Arbo Valdma, Kadri Voorand, Estonian Voices, Erki and Anna Pärnoja, Mick and Angeelia Pedaja, Hanna-Liina Võsa, Maarja-Liis Ilus, Ott Lepland, NOËP, Iris Vesik, Maria Listra, Hedvig Hanson, Ele Millistfer, Liis Lemsalu, Peeter Volkonski, Ain Agan, Jaak Sooäär, Andre Maaker, Tõnis Mägi, Pille Lill, Kristjan Järvi, Andres Mustonen just to name a few.

The quartet's debut album in cooperation with ERP was released in the fall of 2012, it features the works of Peteris Vasks, Anton Webern, Erwin Schulhoff and Jaan Räätsa. Prezioso has been a contributor to the records of several singers, bands and instrumentalists. Together with Hanna-Liina Võsa and Kristjan Randalu, the musical monoplay "The Last Monogamous" was staged in the KUMU auditorium.  There has been a lot of cooperation with the conductor Kristjan Järvi, concerts have been given together with various ensembles and soloists. The German composer Sven Helbig dedicated a new version of his work “Pocket Symphonies” to Prezioso, which was performed as an exciting project together with Hando Nahkur at the concert “Estonia” in the concert hall, where the works of Sven Helbig and Max Richter were combined as a whole.
Peteris Vasks' "Meditation" recorded by Prezioso from string quartet no. 4 sounds on the soundtrack of the popular US series "The Young Pope" and "The New Pope".

Concerts covering the classical quartet repertoire as well as exciting collaborative projects are important for the quartet.

Prezioso's playing is characterized by energy, intensity and youth, but also human depth and ethics are very close to the soul and important to the musicians of the quartet.

*The organizer has the right to make changes to the program.