About
Conductor and composer. He comes from a famous musician family. On his kristjanjarvi Instagram page, he has 210,000 followers who can see some of his work, travels, and conducting the Nordic Pulse, an artist collective of musicians he founded.
Before fame
He studied piano when he was a kid at the Manhattan School of Music. He later went on to study conducting at the University of Michigan. He has conducted many orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, NorrlandsOperan, and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic.
Trivia
He has a Grammy nomination for "Absolution "with the Absolute Ensemble in 2002. He has also been awarded the German Record Critics Prize and a Swedish Grammy.
Family life
He is from Estonia, but immigrated with his family to the United States when he was 7. His parents are Neeme Jarvi and Lillia. His siblings are Maarika and Paavo. He is married to Hayley Melitta Reid. He has three children, Lukas, Finn, and Avalon.
Associated with
He has done work with Coldplay and Nico Muhly.
