Leading European Composers
Arvo Pärt
Renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt makes a rare trip to the US to take part in the Arvo Pärt Project which appears at The Phillips Collection in a program of the composer’s chamber music performed by musicians from the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.
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Program
The Arvo Pärt Project appears at The Phillips Collection in a program of chamber music performed by musicians from the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. A panel discussion on spirituality and music also takes place in partnership with the George Washington University.
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Für Alina
Spiegel im Spiegel
Für Anna Maria
Variations for the healing of Arinushka
Mozart-Adagio
Estländler
Vater unser
Es sang vor langen jahren
Scala cromatica
Fratres
My heart’s in Highlands*
*World Premiere: version for alto, piano, violin, viola, cello.
Harry Traksmann, violin
Laur Eensalu, viola
Leho Karin, violoncello
Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann, piano
Iris Oja, alto
In collaboration with the George Washington University, the Embassy of Estonia in Washington, D.C., and St. Vladimir‘s Seminary.
About the Composer
Composer Arvo Pärt is an iconic figure in the world of classical music. Born in Estonia in 1935, he made his mark among Eastern European composers by creating a body of important work in the 1960s, a period which culminated in his political censure and personal despair. It was after a seven-year period of musical silence that Pärt emerged into an entirely new mode of musical composition he calls Tintinnabuli: new, yet rooted in history, drawing on medieval tonalities and primal musical elements. Since the 1970s, he has built upon this new phase in his artistic life, and his immersion in the Orthodox Christian Faith has provided a profound source of inspiration in his music.
In 2014, Pärt makes a rare visit to the United States to participate in the Arvo Pärt Project, which seeks to illuminate, through performances and lectures, the fundamental elements and central thinking of this great living composer.
For more information about the Arvo Pärt Project click here