While most contemporary composers aim to challenge our mind, Estonian composer Avro Part strives to touch our soul. Admiration for his music extends far beyond classical music circles, attracting such ...
The Estonian-born Arvo Part, one of the indisputably great composers of the present century, has described his creative quest as a “search for unity.” That quest has taken him down the path of ever ...
With the death of British choral composer John Tavener in 2013, we are left with a single living composer of similar distinction: Arvo Pärt. Estonian by birth (b. 1935), Pärt emigrated from the ...