"I'd say that i had a need to... concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower." some of the most profound words i have ever heard.
The music is already so beautiful that it hurts, but having its creator himself guide us through the labyrinthine complexity that so few and simple tones are capable of creating, that verges on the sublime! What an experience! Also great to see the simplicity and humility of a great genius who doesn't behave like a star and is in fact as humbled and awed as we are by the emotions he just reveals us. Incredible video!
What I like the most about this video is the struggle Arvo Part has in translating between mediums. There is a sense of poetic aphasia, an honest struggle to put into words what has come to him loud and clear in music. I lack the profound sensibility to fully grasp the significance of the voices he invokes, but it is not hard to get a glimpse of the invocations, and it is not hard to see how he is unable to express it in words. He knows it...
@@tarukofusuki "To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour" William Blake
@@tarukofusuki I don't keep quoting: I quoted (one time). And I don't understand what is offensive for you. We can think different, no problem. For me he is giving an image to the students could apprehend the essence of his composition, even he said "I don't understand myself". iIt's nothing technical, is poetic and even philosofic, that I won't try to explain you. Because seeing your agressivity, your eagerness to be right, your demand about evidence sand the mention of money, doesn't worth to explain to you, you don't have sensivity enough to understand what he says or what he plays.
@@tarukofusuki nothing cute about his analogy at all. Every pause, every note, has equal value just as a flower is as important and equally as mysterious as grass. I don’t think he’s attempting to impress anyone, to me he’s so egoless and humble - very beautiful he almost looks translucent to me. I would never say nobody cares about what he’s trying to say. What are you saying he is really talking about? What don’t we get? His simplicity is what makes his music so deep and beyond any logical human thought. Did you ever listen to Cantus with the Hilliard ensemble? It’s five minutes long, and it’s one of the most beautiful pieces I know. I watched him humbly giving the conductor instruction as well as rewriting parts of original scores and he somehow gets the musicians via the conductor to produce the precise sound he wanted when composing the piece. His sweetness on Tabula Rasa can bring tears to my eyes. I love Arvo Pärt 💐🌱🌱🎹🎻🎻🎻🔔
I recommend you to listen the "Sanctus" from the Berliner Mass, from Mr Pärt. Probably the most amazing and moving piece i have heard in my entire life.
I find this to be exquisite. The simplicity of this piece is profound and his sensitivity for the texture of sound is inspiring. His music is deeply stirring.
Pärt feels his melody is neutral, but searches for another word.. I think he himself noticed, how neutrality is relative. When it is neutral to him, it is because it doesn't differ from his own personality. For me the melody is much like Arvo Pärt himself in this video - it is carefull, restrained, excited, fearfull, introverted.. Most of all very, very human. Arvo Pärts Alina is Extremely beautiful music, Every note bears a meaning here - as he noticed, in this piece there is a need to concentrate on each and every note. For me it seems like a kind of perfectionism, take your mind off the piece, break the meditation, and the world will crumble.
I think he was trying to say that the individual notes sound neutral, when played individually, but when played together, they form a shifting relationship that can no longer be regarded as neutral.
This is sublime!! To hear the artist describe so poetically his thought process for a work of art.. I'm humbled, and grateful to CZcams for moments like this...thanks for posting!
Wonderful to have this opportunity to listen him describing his mindset and his approach to composing music. Thing that I miss about the composers from the past
we're so proud, that we have a composer like this. he has brought estonia to the world. and his pieces .... there aren't any words to his music, it's beautiful, although, it's too less to say to his music. it's powerful. when somebody plays it, you just stop for a second, your heart misses a beat and you just listen to this and you are so into it and ... it can't be described. in my head, some weird things happen. i'm telling you, this music just conquers you and you are into it.
You said it! What I gift this man is. I love this guy. Love his remarks at the end about the composer's path, the 1st & 2nd notes, "the first step is everything - decisive" and "every time I feel I have to start from scratch". He is so brilliant, his heart is what's beautiful - so childlike. He is a man who most understands that music is also for edification. (The close-up-loving world-wide music industry scene / crowd really turns my stomach, to be frank...not being smarty, it does.)
Hello! could you write the sentence in Estonian "A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower"... I would really appreciate it.
@@matiasvikingr6254 "Mul oli vajadus niisuguse [järele], ma nimetaksin seda neutraalsuseks, kus niimoodi kontsentreeruda iga heli peale, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus." This is the full phrase he said, starting with "I'd say that I had a need to..." It's a fairly incomplete sentence by him, not quite the best way to present the sentence, but that is how he said it. The part you requested may sound better this way: "Vajadus kontsentreeruda igale helile nii, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus."
@@johannessarapuu559 oh thank you very much!!, specially for the good explanation!. I find Pärt one of the, if not The most, enigmatic and interesting composers of recent times. Thanks again!
Right. A piece of music does not need tobe "difficult" in order to be profound and beautiful. More people, especially musicians, need to understand this.
What philosophy! There is so much depth, breadth and height to music to discover that most of us in the worlds are morons who are happy skimming the surface and stop at tantalizing only our 5 senses without knowing how to use them. Part taps into the genius of understanding that is there for us to discover but never do. Music is so much more than beat and rhythm. There is a philosophy, a will, a dynamic of life there that we don't take the time to understand. How profound Part is here!
A sign of a masterpiece is that every note has its place. Nothing superfluous. One of the great things about Pärt's music is that he gives such importance to the individual note. You can buy the sheet music for this and I think Universal Edition are generously putting some of Pärt's sheet music online for free download.
This piece is undoubtedly a masterpiece. Just because it's not technically hard to play doesn't mean that (compositionally speaking) every note is not thought through with the utmost care. The deepest emotions seem to be expressed through this simple-sounding music.
@blackynth Concept is key. Understanding why one makes the art one does is vital to being an artist. Putting paint on a canvas with absolutely no idea why you did it is pointless in most circumstances. Obviously, Part has a very strong conceptual idea concerning his work, as he should. He's a brilliant artist. I don't see this interview as much as a "master class on how to create art" but rather a helpful and inspiring insight into just one artist's practice.
I beg your pardon, I'm translating this for an italian friend of mine. Domanda dal pubblico: "Diamo un'occhiata ad Alina...?" 0:21 "Vi mostrerò l'inizio" 0:23 "Non mi piace questo timbro, ne userò uno più risonante". 0:42 "Ascoltate questa voce..." 0:56 "...Piuttosto neutrale" 1:08 "Anche, neutrale..." 1:11 "Entrambe, insieme" 1:26 "Un po' più serio, o complicato" 1:33 "Come due persone, le cui parti sembrano attraversarsi le une alle altre, ma non si incontrano" 2:00 "C'è una certa neutralità, qui... Direi che ho avuto una specie di bisogno di... No, non la chiamerei neutralità... Ho bisogno di concentrarmi su ciascun suono. In modo tale che ogni filo d'erba sia importante quanto un fiore. Questo è... 3:00 Potrebbe essere come un malfunzionamento di una radiolina, sicché ogni singolo segnale a volte sembra testimoniare casualmente una vita intera. O il futuro, o il passato, o qualcosa fuori del tempo. E' come se io dicessi che un filo d'erba ha l'importanza di un fiore, e vedessi in questa esile frase musicale qualcosa di più rispetto ai soli tasti bianchi e neri. 3:36 E poi... 3:46 Tenete questa nota... 3:59 Non è tanto la tonalità ad essere importante, qui, ma è la combinazione con questa triade (di note). Questo rende uno speciale sentimento di unione, e l'anima comincia a narrarla senza fine. Ascoltate... 4: 48 E così, ancora... Io immagino il direttore d'orchestra fare il gesto del braccio in levare, quando tutto l'insieme ha inizio. Noi non possiamo ancora sentire nulla. E la gente nella sala da concerto non sa cosa stia per accadere. Poi il direttore traccia il tempo in levare... Il levare, quello in cui alza la mano... Ecco, quell'istante contiene la formula dell'intero lavoro: il suo carattere, la dinamica, il tempo... E un mucchio di altre cose. Il direttore e i musicisti lo sanno per via della pratica svolta assieme. Io immagino il compositore nella stessa posizione, prima che cominci a scrivere. Lui deve avere la consapevolezza o una percezione di quello che sta per accadere quando la mano va giù. Qual è la prima nota...? E qual è la seconda...? Il primo passo è tutto, è decisivo...! Questa è una storia complicata e io non mi capisco granché da solo... Però ho un'idea di cosa voglio dire. Già, io sono sempre alla ricerca di questo: qualche volta mi viene facilmente, ma qualche volta non mi viene per niente. Ogni volta sento che devo cominciare da una lacerazione.
775987mb Ciao. Mi permetto di fare una micro-correzione alla tua traduzione. Spero risulti utile al tuo amico e ad altri italiani che si imbattano in questa piccola meraviglia. Nella parte finale del suo discorso dice più precisamente: "quasi non capisco me stesso." E, in chiusura, quello "start from scratch" è un modo di dire che significa "ripartire da zero". Molto bella l'immagine della 'lacerazione' tuttavia. Chissà che Pärt non avesse davvero quella in mente... :)
Great the composer himself, not on a nice intrument but that does not matter. His style is brilliant. And what a fine attidude that the composer is willing to talk about his way of composing.
@donniecatalano For those of us who think he is creating a numinous world, rather than describing it, his music is a source of great fascination. You don't have to be a craven fanboy, or approve of everything he does and believes to appreciate its beauty.
@Hyardacil Up until that point, it was not possible to play in more than one key without retuning the instrument, which means that composers were limited to the confines of major/minor/modal systems with strict centers plus a few closest neighboring exceptions. Most quality pop music today spins around the tonal system, for example. Bach is the turning point between Renaissance and modern music (neue-musik and Arvo included, for opening up possibilities outside a "pure" tonal system).
His from Estonia, so am I. He's probably the most famous Estonian ever.. Estonia always seems to want fame, but it's such a small country ( 1,3 million people) that even estonian songs being played in US dance shows make it into Estonian songs. :)
Arvo in my OPINION is ONE OF the more brilliant composers of our time. He has HIS approach as other fine contemporary composers have THEIRS. My inclination to his work does not mean that other composers are less qualitatively. There are different approaches to music as there are different approaches to fine art. I can not judge Arvo to be better or worse than Hovhanness, or Copeland. etc. They each make a contribution to the literature.
@summertimegirl44 I believe so. From all the photos I've seen. Even though I've heard that at the recording he did not play the song, someone else did.
Thanks for this beautiful upload. By the way, I suppose he's speaking in his native tongue, Estonian? If so, it's the first time I heard it and it sounds beautiful, kind of reminds me of Hungarian for some reason...
"I'd say that i had a need to... concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower."
some of the most profound words i have ever heard.
We’re so lucky. He’s alive now. Such a great example of a very high level of existence. Musicians- composers- the most divine there is.
the look in his eyes when he say he can´t understand himself is so moving and humble
Yes it is. And what a fine attidude that the composer want to talk about his way of composing.
He describes his music in such a beautiful way. Everything he said was so poetic.
The music is already so beautiful that it hurts, but having its creator himself guide us through the labyrinthine complexity that so few and simple tones are capable of creating, that verges on the sublime! What an experience! Also great to see the simplicity and humility of a great genius who doesn't behave like a star and is in fact as humbled and awed as we are by the emotions he just reveals us. Incredible video!
What I like the most about this video is the struggle Arvo Part has in translating between mediums. There is a sense of poetic aphasia, an honest struggle to put into words what has come to him loud and clear in music. I lack the profound sensibility to fully grasp the significance of the voices he invokes, but it is not hard to get a glimpse of the invocations, and it is not hard to see how he is unable to express it in words. He knows it...
"like two people whose paths seem to cross, and then they don't"
"A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower" Arvo Pärt
@@tarukofusuki
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour"
William Blake
@@tarukofusuki I don't keep quoting: I quoted (one time). And I don't understand what is offensive for you. We can think different, no problem. For me he is giving an image to the students could apprehend the essence of his composition, even he said "I don't understand myself". iIt's nothing technical, is poetic and even philosofic, that I won't try to explain you. Because seeing your agressivity, your eagerness to be right, your demand about evidence sand the mention of money, doesn't worth to explain to you, you don't have sensivity enough to understand what he says or what he plays.
@@tarukofusuki nothing cute about his analogy at all. Every pause, every note, has equal value just as a flower is as important and equally as mysterious as grass. I don’t think he’s attempting to impress anyone, to me he’s so egoless and humble - very beautiful he almost looks translucent to me. I would never say nobody cares about what he’s trying to say. What are you saying he is really talking about? What don’t we get? His simplicity is what makes his music so deep and beyond any logical human thought. Did you ever listen to Cantus with the Hilliard ensemble? It’s five minutes long, and it’s one of the most beautiful pieces I know. I watched him humbly giving the conductor instruction as well as rewriting parts of original scores and he somehow gets the musicians via the conductor to produce the precise sound he wanted when composing the piece. His sweetness on Tabula Rasa can bring tears to my eyes. I love Arvo Pärt 💐🌱🌱🎹🎻🎻🎻🔔
@@tarukofusuki can YOU?
@@tarukofusuki if you’re dying to make it logical. And technical. And kinda boring, frankly.
I've never heard such depth in such simplicity
Thank God for this man.
Thank this man to take us god
Thank you so much for uploading this. Never seen him move and talk, yes he is one of those few who are living great art embodied.
The pauses throughout add depth and are hypnotising!
It really feels like if our soul is indeed eternal and if we could still listen to something after we die, this would be it.
I recommend you to listen the "Sanctus" from the Berliner Mass, from Mr Pärt. Probably the most amazing and moving piece i have heard in my entire life.
I find this to be exquisite. The simplicity of this piece is profound and his sensitivity for the texture of sound is inspiring. His music is deeply stirring.
still a favourite vid i come back to now and then...
It touches my soul. Deeply. At its core
Pärt feels his melody is neutral, but searches for another word.. I think he himself noticed, how neutrality is relative. When it is neutral to him, it is because it doesn't differ from his own personality. For me the melody is much like Arvo Pärt himself in this video - it is carefull, restrained, excited, fearfull, introverted.. Most of all very, very human.
Arvo Pärts Alina is Extremely beautiful music, Every note bears a meaning here - as he noticed, in this piece there is a need to concentrate on each and every note. For me it seems like a kind of perfectionism, take your mind off the piece, break the meditation, and the world will crumble.
I think he was trying to say that the individual notes sound neutral, when played individually, but when played together, they form a shifting relationship that can no longer be regarded as neutral.
This is surely the highest end of CZcams.
I'd listen to him talk about his music all day long!
Me, too
OH man this is so beautiful. its so great how he descibes his music and notes. And you can really see with what great feelings he plays it.
Arvo part! In times of despair or utter confusion this music is my hope that remnants of world remain pure, and truely good. All i can say is thankyou
This is sublime!! To hear the artist describe so poetically his thought process for a work of art.. I'm humbled, and grateful to CZcams for moments like this...thanks for posting!
Arvo is so great, he is a genius! Für Aline is so simple and so deep! It's music from the soul! Tks a lot for share! Gabriel Lehto
Wonderful to have this opportunity to listen him describing his mindset and his approach to composing music. Thing that I miss about the composers from the past
This helps me find my way to sharing his work in a performance setting. Thank you for posting.
I sleep to this every night
we're so proud, that we have a composer like this. he has brought estonia to the world. and his pieces .... there aren't any words to his music, it's beautiful, although, it's too less to say to his music. it's powerful. when somebody plays it, you just stop for a second, your heart misses a beat and you just listen to this and you are so into it and ... it can't be described. in my head, some weird things happen. i'm telling you, this music just conquers you and you are into it.
Very inspiring. Thank you so much for posting.
If an audience would listen to this music in a concert, they would hardly know when to applause
You said it! What I gift this man is. I love this guy. Love his remarks at the end about the composer's path, the 1st & 2nd notes, "the first step is everything - decisive" and "every time I feel I have to start from scratch". He is so brilliant, his heart is what's beautiful - so childlike. He is a man who most understands that music is also for edification.
(The close-up-loving world-wide music industry scene / crowd really turns my stomach, to be frank...not being smarty, it does.)
There is a disturbing mistake in translation in 2:08. The correct sentence is: "I would call it neutrality".
Hello! could you write the sentence in Estonian "A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower"... I would really appreciate it.
@@matiasvikingr6254 "Mul oli vajadus niisuguse [järele], ma nimetaksin seda neutraalsuseks, kus niimoodi kontsentreeruda iga heli peale, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus."
This is the full phrase he said, starting with "I'd say that I had a need to..."
It's a fairly incomplete sentence by him, not quite the best way to present the sentence, but that is how he said it.
The part you requested may sound better this way:
"Vajadus kontsentreeruda igale helile nii, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus."
@@johannessarapuu559 oh thank you very much!!, specially for the good explanation!. I find Pärt one of the, if not The most, enigmatic and interesting composers of recent times. Thanks again!
@@matiasvikingr6254 You are very welcome! I agree with you, Pärt is truly the pearl of our time. Best wishes to you!
He is the greatest of the minimalists. In this lesson he explains everything. A wonderful genius.
"A blade of gras has the status of a flower."
absolutely beautiful. Thankyou Arvo
Very original, interesting great music, indeed, Thanks for sharing, Jan
Right. A piece of music does not need tobe "difficult" in order to be profound and beautiful. More people, especially musicians, need to understand this.
That's so true!
Geniusz prostoty, ten utwór to moje DNA, ustawia mnie na właściwe tory
Un placer escuchar al genial Arvo Part profundizar en su bellìsima obra Fur Alina.
Our world famous composer.
Greetings from Estonia:)
"Beauty will save the world" - Dostoevsky
bless him...a true master.
such amazing richness in so little.
What philosophy! There is so much depth, breadth and height to music to discover that most of us in the worlds are morons who are happy skimming the surface and stop at tantalizing only our 5 senses without knowing how to use them. Part taps into the genius of understanding that is there for us to discover but never do. Music is so much more than beat and rhythm. There is a philosophy, a will, a dynamic of life there that we don't take the time to understand. How profound Part is here!
A sign of a masterpiece is that every note has its place. Nothing superfluous. One of the great things about Pärt's music is that he gives such importance to the individual note. You can buy the sheet music for this and I think Universal Edition are generously putting some of Pärt's sheet music online for free download.
he seems like such a lovely man. and great music.
I have no words to describe this...
i love how he explains his music. i cant play a lick but i get him. it feels nice.
and thankyou Arvo again.
This piece is undoubtedly a masterpiece. Just because it's not technically hard to play doesn't mean that (compositionally speaking) every note is not thought through with the utmost care. The deepest emotions seem to be expressed through this simple-sounding music.
"The soul yearns to sing it endlessly...."
@blackynth Concept is key. Understanding why one makes the art one does is vital to being an artist. Putting paint on a canvas with absolutely no idea why you did it is pointless in most circumstances. Obviously, Part has a very strong conceptual idea concerning his work, as he should. He's a brilliant artist. I don't see this interview as much as a "master class on how to create art" but rather a helpful and inspiring insight into just one artist's practice.
“Like two people whose paths seem to cross...and then they don’t”
Auguri e Lunga vita al Maestro che oggi compie 86 anni.
What a fun way to think about music.
I love his voice
i'm happy to see your faces, your eyes when you finish this ....
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I beg your pardon, I'm translating this for an italian friend of mine.
Domanda dal pubblico: "Diamo un'occhiata ad Alina...?"
0:21 "Vi mostrerò l'inizio"
0:23 "Non mi piace questo timbro, ne userò uno più risonante".
0:42 "Ascoltate questa voce..."
0:56 "...Piuttosto neutrale"
1:08 "Anche, neutrale..."
1:11 "Entrambe, insieme"
1:26 "Un po' più serio, o complicato"
1:33 "Come due persone, le cui parti sembrano attraversarsi le une alle altre, ma non si incontrano"
2:00 "C'è una certa neutralità, qui... Direi che ho avuto una specie di bisogno di... No, non la chiamerei neutralità... Ho bisogno di concentrarmi su ciascun suono. In modo tale che ogni filo d'erba sia importante quanto un fiore. Questo è...
3:00 Potrebbe essere come un malfunzionamento di una radiolina, sicché ogni singolo segnale a volte sembra testimoniare casualmente una vita intera. O il futuro, o il passato, o qualcosa fuori del tempo. E' come se io dicessi che un filo d'erba ha l'importanza di un fiore, e vedessi in questa esile frase musicale qualcosa di più rispetto ai soli tasti bianchi e neri.
3:36 E poi...
3:46 Tenete questa nota...
3:59 Non è tanto la tonalità ad essere importante, qui, ma è la combinazione con questa triade (di note). Questo rende uno speciale sentimento di unione, e l'anima comincia a narrarla senza fine.
Ascoltate...
4: 48 E così, ancora... Io immagino il direttore d'orchestra fare il gesto del braccio in levare, quando tutto l'insieme ha inizio. Noi non possiamo ancora sentire nulla. E la gente nella sala da concerto non sa cosa stia per accadere. Poi il direttore traccia il tempo in levare... Il levare, quello in cui alza la mano... Ecco, quell'istante contiene la formula dell'intero lavoro: il suo carattere, la dinamica, il tempo... E un mucchio di altre cose. Il direttore e i musicisti lo sanno per via della pratica svolta assieme. Io immagino il compositore nella stessa posizione, prima che cominci a scrivere. Lui deve avere la consapevolezza o una percezione di quello che sta per accadere quando la mano va giù. Qual è la prima nota...? E qual è la seconda...? Il primo passo è tutto, è decisivo...!
Questa è una storia complicata e io non mi capisco granché da solo... Però ho un'idea di cosa voglio dire. Già, io sono sempre alla ricerca di questo: qualche volta mi viene facilmente, ma qualche volta non mi viene per niente. Ogni volta sento che devo cominciare da una lacerazione.
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Ciao. Mi permetto di fare una micro-correzione alla tua traduzione. Spero risulti utile al tuo amico e ad altri italiani che si imbattano in questa piccola meraviglia.
Nella parte finale del suo discorso dice più precisamente: "quasi non capisco me stesso."
E, in chiusura, quello "start from scratch" è un modo di dire che significa "ripartire da zero".
Molto bella l'immagine della 'lacerazione' tuttavia. Chissà che Pärt non avesse davvero quella in mente... :)
start from scratch = ricominciare da capo (non da una lacerazione)
Simple and beautiful.
Wonderful !!!
Love the line about the 2 paths crossing, but then not.
GENIUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw this on tv last night :D
i don't know why, but i love the way he speaks...
i'm proud to live in the same country as this lehend!
What a humble genious. "I don't quite understand myself"
Priceless..
The women sitting next to him is his wife.
Gracias de corazón después el silencio.
You're right. Repetition is death.
Arvo est un homme très intérieur
plongé dans lui-même, comme en témoigne ce master-class
To me it sounds like a lonely flower standing in a field blowing in the wind and the rain.
Great the composer himself, not on a nice intrument but that does not matter. His style is brilliant. And what a fine attidude that the composer is willing to talk about his way of composing.
thumbs up just for writing, '...so beautiful that it hurts...'
extraordinary
pure genius
this man is a god courier
@declice: It's legend, and I am proud to live in Estonia too :)
I completely agree.
Captivating :D
@donniecatalano For those of us who think he is creating a numinous world, rather than describing it, his music is a source of great fascination.
You don't have to be a craven fanboy, or approve of everything he does and believes to appreciate its beauty.
@TheReasonableLogic Just an old Yamaha Clavinova.
Yes, that's him.
One of my favorite composers.
Not a regular human
not all heroes wear capes
Alina♥️
hermoso!!!!!
yes wicky, it's sharp
Yes, of course..
"I need to concentrate on each sound, and that every blade of grass would be as important as the flower."
........
@Hyardacil Up until that point, it was not possible to play in more than one key without retuning the instrument, which means that composers were limited to the confines of major/minor/modal systems with strict centers plus a few closest neighboring exceptions. Most quality pop music today spins around the tonal system, for example.
Bach is the turning point between Renaissance and modern music (neue-musik and Arvo included, for opening up possibilities outside a "pure" tonal system).
best of all
His from Estonia, so am I. He's probably the most famous Estonian ever.. Estonia always seems to want fame, but it's such a small country ( 1,3 million people) that even estonian songs being played in US dance shows make it into Estonian songs. :)
Arvo in my OPINION is ONE OF the more brilliant composers of our time. He has HIS approach as other fine contemporary composers have THEIRS. My inclination to his work does not mean that other composers are less qualitatively. There are different approaches to music as there are different approaches to fine art. I can not judge Arvo to be better or worse than Hovhanness, or Copeland. etc. They each make a contribution to the literature.
@summertimegirl44 I believe so. From all the photos I've seen. Even though I've heard that at the recording he did not play the song, someone else did.
massive hands man
yes it is
Thanks for this beautiful upload. By the way, I suppose he's speaking in his native tongue, Estonian? If so, it's the first time I heard it and it sounds beautiful, kind of reminds me of Hungarian for some reason...
Hungarian and Estonian are distantly related languages.
@markaliis001 Cool! i love his song bogoroditse devo! its the best.