Nordic Symphony Orchestra
The Nordic Symphony Orchestra (NSO) (previously Estonian-Finnish Symphony Orchestra) is an international symphony orchestra founded by Anu and Kadri Tali in 1997. Biography. The NSO was founded in 1997 by Anu and Kadri Tali as the Estonian-Finnish Symphony Orchestra, to develop cultural contacts between Estonia and Finland. Today the NSO has members from fifteen countries, and presents pieces from the classical repertoire as well as contemporary and less well-known music. The orchestra has staged a number of themed concert seasons, such as The Musical Capitals of the World (1998/1999), Life and Death (1999/2000), Symphony  (2000/2001), Musica Grande (2001/2002), Passion or Passion (2002/2003), A la Russe (2003/2004), Face of North (2004/2005), Legends (2005/2006), Apocalypse (2006/2007), "Strata" 2007/2008 and "Meetingpoint Estonia" 2009/ 2010. Recordings. The NSO has released three recordings, all conducted by Anu Tali: Every concert of the NSO is recorded and broadcast by the Estonian Broadcasting Company as well as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Awards and coverage. Documentaries have been made about NSO by several television channels, including NHK (2005) in Japan, Arte (2007; 2008) and ARD (2005) in Germany, Deutsche Welle (2007), Finnish Yle TV and Estonian TV (2003, 2005). In October  2003 the first NSO record, "Swan Flight", won a prize at the Echo Classics Awards in Germany. In 2005 the second CD "Action. Passion. Illusion" was nominated for the same prize and was widely covered in the international music press. In 2006 conductor Anu Tali won the Young Musician of the Year prize from the President of Estonia and was voted Musician of the Year 2006 by the Estonian Broadcasting Union. In 2008 Tali was awarded the UNICEF Bluebird Award in Estonia and Rising Start Award in Estonia and Germany.