Playing through this quiet piano miniature I was dumbstruck by its crystalline beauty. The piece was Pärt’s Für Alina. I was hooked. This was 25 years ago when I was an undergraduate at Goldsmiths, ...
Arvo Pärt: one of a select few who make their living solely through composition Born on 11 September 1935 in Paide, Estonia, Pärt studied composition at the Tallinn Conservatory under the influential ...