PromFest is an international opera festival held biennially in

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, since 1996. PromFest stands for Pärnu International Opera Music Festival in

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. The main attraction of PromFest is an operatic production, in which the leading roles are performed by prizewinners from previous

Klaudia Taev Competition The Klaudia Taev Competition is a competition for young opera singers. It is the main event of the Pärnu Opera Music Festival PromFest. The Competition has been named after a local legendary singing teacher Klaudia Taev. The first Competition ...

s. The artistic director of PromFest is conductor

Erki Pehk Erki Pehk (born 23 March 1968) is an Estonian conductor and artistic director of opera music festival PromFest. Childhood Erki Pehk was born in Võru, Estonia in the family of Heino Pehk, an established music teacher and choir conductor. Erk ...

History

In addition to the biennial events, 2006 saw an Opera Gala, and 2008 a

Puccini Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, s ...

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