Finding Arvo Part’s silence
mainThe Estonians have built an Arvo Pärt Centre in the forests outside Talinn where the composer lives. He does not seem to mind when visitors recognise him.
Read here.
Comments
MOST READ TODAY:
-
Daily Comfort Zone
A rediscovered lullaby from Auschwitz
Leo Geyer, a doctoral student at Oxford University…
-
News
Hilary Hahn: I’m under AI attack
The US violinist has posted this message on…
-
Orchestras
It’s Black Friday in Manchester as ENO dumps its orchestra
English National Opera has rolled out plans for…
-
Orchestras
Another job for Jaap van Zweden
The Dutch conductor, ousted after a six-year spell…
extremely boring composer.never heard or met somebody that wasted his time on his rubbish.
A comment from under a rock in a far-away region where it always rains.
Pärt has written some beautiful masterpieces, and has been able to find the heart of music through great independance of thought and rejection of superficial fashions.
Then you haven’t met me. One of the highlights of my life was playing as a last-minute replacement in Pärt’s beautiful “Miserere.”
… because it is impossible to wasted time on Pärt.
His music is timeless.
I fully agree-that is why they call it MINIMALISTIC MUSIC…i would say:EMPTY MUSIC
The thing looks just awful, like a crematorium.
This was opened already a year ago… but I am happy this gets exposure. A remarkable investment for culture from a small country.
I am not an Estonian but I’m proud of Estonia.
We need more of this spirit!
A “singing revolution” to demonstrate how peace and freedom within the European Union has been maintained without giving up cultural identities.
The EU has never been about giving-up cultural identity but about providing an umbrella structure over the nations and regions, and adding a European cultural identity over all local identities. So, Estonia, Catalonia, Monaco and Zeeland are all both local, national, and continental.
It is indeed an inspirational place. And Estonian Television have made a beautiful film about it and the composer; ‘Tintinnabuli Forest’ which goes live this Friday 30th and is exclusive to my new SVOD venture http://www.theartschannel.online
Very much look forward to watching your film! I visited the Centre just last month when I was in Estonia for the big songfest. The Centre is a beautiful place, wild blueberries and all!
chacun a son goût…
Tout le monde peut choisir.
1 + 1 = 1
https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/arvo-part-zentrum-101.html
It’s actually Tallinn, with two Ls and two Ns.