Arvo Pärt 90

ARVO PÄRT 90

Special mini-concert series to celebrate Arvo Part's 90 th birthday.

The concert season organized by the "Paolo Grassi" Music and Arts Center in collaboration with the Fondazione Paolo Grassi resumes with three new unmissable events to celebratethe 90 th birthday of Arvo Part, one of the most influential and spiritually profound composers of our time. This special mini-concert series promotes his music and artistic legacy. A visionary composer and a central figure in contemporary music, Arvo Part successfully combined formal rigor, minimalism, and mysticism, creating an unmistakable style—tintinnabuli—that has touched listeners around the world. His music, suspended between silence and light, continues to offer a space for reflection and beauty, all the more precious in our troubled times.
The initiative is the result of the significant and well-established international partnership between the Fondazione Paolo Grassi of Martina Franca and the PLFM Music Trust of Tallinn, Estonia.

Three concerts are scheduled: two in Martina Franca on September 19 th and 20 th, 2025, at the Fondazione Paolo Grassi headquarters, and one in Trani on September 21st, 2025, in the splendid setting of Palazzo Beltrani—thanks to a new collaboration with the prestigious I Dialoghi di Trani Festival. The concerts will feature two prestigious string quartets, the SUSU String Quartet (Finland) and the Camerata Musica String Quartet (Estonia), and pianist Liubov Gromoglasova.

In addition to works by Arvo Pärt and Estonian composers Tõnis Kõrvits, Artur Lemba, Jaan Rääts, and Heino Eller, audiences will hear compositions by pillars of Nordic music such as Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius.

Friday, 19 th September 2025, 7:30 pm
Convent of San Domenico, Martina Franca

ARVO PÄRT 90
SUSU String Quartet
Rebecca Roozeman (violin), Amanda Ernesaks (violin), Alexander Podzniakovas (viola), Artturi Aalto (cello)
with the participation of the Camerata Musica String Quartet
Sigrid Kuulmann (violin), Elisabeth Härmand (violin), Johanna Vahermägi (viola), Andreas Lend (cello)

PROGRAMME
Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Spiegel im Spiegel

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Voces Intimae

Arvo Pärt
- Summa
- Da Pacem Domine

Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo

Ensemble String Quartet SUSU e String Quartet Camerata Musica:
Jaan Rääts (1932-2020)
Concert for Chamber Orchestra, I part

Heino Eller (1887–1970)
Homeland Tune

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Saturday, 20 th September 2025, 7.30 pm
Convent of San Domenico, Martina Franca

ARVO PÄRT 90
String Quartet Camerata Musica
Sigrid Kuulmann (violin), Elisabeth Härmand (violin), Johanna Vahermägi (viola), Andreas Lend (cello), Liubov Gromoglasova (piano)
e with the participation of the String Quartet SUSU (FI)
Rebecca Roozeman (violin), Amanda Ernesaks (violin), Alexander Podzniakovas (viola), Artturi Aalto (cello)

PROGRAMME
Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Fratres / Brothers

Tõnu Kõrvits (*1969)
Dalle "Neli Eesti vaimulikku rahvaviisi" (Quattro melodie sacre popolari estoni):
- Ma kiitlen ükspäinis neist verisist haavust (Pärnu-Jaagupi) / Mi glorio solo di quelle ferite sanguinanti
- Lenda üles kurbusest (Otepää) / Risorgi dal dolore

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Quartetto per archi n. 1 in Sol minore, Op. 27
I Un poco andante - Allegro molto ed agitato
II Romanze: Andantino
III Intermezzo: Allegro molto marcato - Più vivo e scherzando
IV Finale: Lento - Presto al saltarello

[INTERVAL]

Arvo Pärt
Psalom

Artur Lemba (1884–1963)
Piano Quintet
I Allegro moderato
II Andante
III Allegro

Ensemble String Quartet SUSU e String Quartet Camerata Musica:
Jaan Rääts (1932-2020)
Concerto per orchestra da camera, I parte

Heino Eller (1887–1970)
Kodumaine viis (Melodia della patria)

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CONCERTS TICKET OFFICE 19 th AND 20 th SEPTEMBER
Paid entrance.
Single ticket € 5.00 (+10% prevendita) available also online at Vivaticket.
Free entrance upon reservation for children under 12 and people with disabilities.

INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS
Fondazione Paolo Grassi, Via Metastasio, 20 - 74015 Martina Franca (TA)
Tel. +39 080 4306763 / +39 334 6075833
Email: comunicazione@fondazionepaolograssi.it
From Monday to Friday: 10:00-13:00 pm / 4:00-7:00 pm

Web: www.fondazionepaolograssi.i...