{"id":8,"date":"2015-01-19T14:44:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T14:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:23:45","slug":"kes-on-rodion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/en\/kes-on-rodion\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Rodion Matvejev was born in 1985 in Narva, where he graduated from the Narva Music School in the piano department.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_139\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"wp-image-139\" src=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/H\u00e4\u00e4lestaja_6-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"H\u00e4\u00e4lestaja_6 2\" width=\"440\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/H\u00e4\u00e4lestaja_6-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/H\u00e4\u00e4lestaja_6-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\nGeorg Ots Tallinn Music School hall. A new Steinway arrived in May 2014.<br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1997, he began his studies in the French horn class of <strong>Andrei Sedler<\/strong> (ERSO tuba player, brass teacher at Kehra Music School).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_124\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124\" class=\"wp-image-124\" src=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CAM00116-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"CAM00116-2\" width=\"435\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CAM00116-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CAM00116-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\n<\/a> A. Sedler at an ERSO rehearsal in 2014.<br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After successfully participating in a national competition in V\u00f5ru, Rodion was offered the opportunity to continue his studies at the Tallinn Music High School (TMKK) in the French horn class of <strong>Uku Ratas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_142\" style=\"width: 316px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/uku-ratas.jpg\" alt=\"uku ratas\" width=\"306\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/uku-ratas.jpg 500w, https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/uku-ratas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/uku-ratas-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\n<\/a> Uku Ratas (TMKK French horn teacher 1996\u20132004, ERSO French horn player 1991\u20132014).<br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>From 1998 to 2001, Rodion studied at <strong>TMKK<\/strong> in class 7.a and lived in the Jannsen dormitory with other students. The school principal was <strong>Tiina Ehin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2001, he enrolled in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.otsakool.edu.ee\/\"><strong>Georg Ots Tallinn Music School<\/strong><\/a> to study French horn in the class of <strong>Kalmer Kiik<\/strong>.<br \/>\nIn 2006, he began studies at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ema.edu.ee\/\"><strong>Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT)<\/strong><\/a> under professor <strong>Kalervo Olavi Kulmala<\/strong> (Finland).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_123\" style=\"width: 406px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"wp-image-123\" src=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Stefen-Dohr-117-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Stefen Dohr 117\" width=\"396\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Stefen-Dohr-117-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Stefen-Dohr-117-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\n<\/a> Me and Kalervo Kulmala (right) in 2013 at EAMT organ hall during the masterclass of Stefan Dohr, solo horn player of the Berlin Philharmonic (center)<br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>As an additional specialty, he studied symphony orchestra conducting under <strong>J\u00fcri Alperten<\/strong>, and wind orchestra conducting in the class of <strong>Aavo Ots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, he began studying piano maintenance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.otsakool.edu.ee\/\"><strong>Georg Ots Tallinn Music School<\/strong><\/a> under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohtuleht.ee\/262785\/poolporandaalune-staar-ants-saluraid\"><strong>Ants Saluraid<\/strong><\/a> (1948\u20132014).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_122\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-image-122\" src=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ants.jpg\" alt=\"ants\" width=\"394\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ants.jpg 480w, https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ants-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\nAnts Saluraid, concert tuner at Eesti Kontsert, photo taken in the Estonia Concert Hall.<br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since 2010, Rodion has been a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ppaorkester.ee\/\"><strong>Police and Border Guard Orchestra<\/strong><\/a> in the French horn section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Politseijapiirivalveorkester.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-125\" src=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Politseijapiirivalveorkester.jpg\" alt=\"politsei ja piirivalve orkester\" width=\"550\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Politseijapiirivalveorkester.jpg 550w, https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Politseijapiirivalveorkester-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nSince 2014, he has been the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otsakool.edu.ee\/\">piano tuner at Georg Ots Tallinn Music School<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mustpeademaja.ee\/\">piano tuner at the Tallinn House of the Blackheads<\/a><\/strong>, Kehra Music School piano tuner, and works with many other musical associations and unions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_128\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128\" class=\"wp-image-128\" src=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CAM00174-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"CAM00174\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CAM00174-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CAM00174-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\n<\/a> Tuning the grand piano in the main hall of the House of the Blackheads for Erkki-Sven T\u00fc\u00fcr\u2019s anniversary.<br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition, Rodion as a musician has collaborated and continues to collaborate with various Estonian ensembles: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mil.ee\/et\/kaitsevagi\/toetuse-vaejuhatus\/kaitsevae-orkester\"><strong>Estonian Defence Forces Orchestra<\/strong><\/a>, led by chief conductor Lieutenant Colonel Peeter Saan; the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erso.ee\/\"><strong>ERSO<\/strong><\/a>); the Narva City Symphony Orchestra under conductor Anatoli Stsura; and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra under Leif Segerstam (Finland).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_126\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126\" class=\"wp-image-126\" src=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ro-Mattias-KK-LS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Ro Mattias KK LS\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ro-Mattias-KK-LS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roromusic.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ro-Mattias-KK-LS-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\n<\/a> From left to right: me, Kalervo Kulmala, Leif Segerstam, Mattias Vihmann in the city of Turku, at the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Finland, 2014. R. Strauss\u2019s *Ein Alpensymphonie*.<br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodion Matvejev was born in 1985 in Narva, where he graduated from the Narva Music School in the piano department. In 1997, he began his studies in the French horn class of Andrei Sedler (ERSO tuba player, brass teacher at Kehra Music School). 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