“In New York, Carniege Hall, we even had to repeat concerto for chamber orchestra op.16 on the demand of the audience.”
Rudolf Baršai, 1964
Gift from Dmitri Schostakovich to Jaan Rääts
“24 Preludes and Fugues for piano parts I and II” with dedication.
𝚃𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙹𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚁ää𝚝𝚜, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚛𝚒 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚑
𝟹.𝟶𝟺.𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟻, 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚗
(Jaan Rääts personal archive)
In April 1974, Jaan Rääts Symphony no.7 Op.74 (1972) was conducted by Maxim Shostakovich, son of Dmitri Shostakovich, by the United Television and Radio Orchestra.”
𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻
“Aram Khatchaturian greetings to Jaan Rääts, 10. March 1976:
𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙹𝚊𝚊𝚗!
𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜! 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.
𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝙺𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗
In the photo: Jaan Rääts, Aram Khatchaturian, Jaan Koha
(Jaan Rääts personal archive)”