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Arvo Pärt 90 - Erki Pehk | Eesti Sinfonietta / LISZT ÜNNEP 2025

Pesti Vigadó, Pesti Vigadó – Díszterem
Vigadó tér 2., 1051 Budapest

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11 Oct 2025 Saturday, 7:30PM

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Arvo Pärt: Tabula rasa – for two violins, prepared piano and string orchestra

Arvo Pärt: Fratres – arranged for percussion quartet by Vambola Krigul

Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten – for string orchestra and a bell

Riho Esko Maimets: Soliloquy – for percussion, piano and strings – world premiere

Arvo Pärt: Salve Regina – for choir, celesta and string orchestra

Liszt: Salve Regina

Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel – arranged for violoncello solo, piano, percussion and strings by Zoltán Almási

Arvo Pärt: Silhouette (Hommage à Gustave Eiffel) – for string orchestra and percussion

Featuring: Peeter Margus, Lisanne Margus – violin, Andreas Lend – violoncello, Maila Laidna – piano, Estonian Percussion Group (Karl Johann Lattikas, Tanel-Eiko Novikov, Tiit Joamets, Csaba Zoltán Marján), Estonian Sinfonietta, New Liszt Ferenc Chamber Choir (choirmaster: Péter Mészáros)

Conductor: Erki Pehk

Arvo Pärt, one of today’s most popular composers, celebrates his 90th birthday in September 2025. The programme of the Budapest concert of his works includes such emblematic pieces as Spiegel im Spiegel, Tabula rasa, and Salve Regina, which was rearranged for choir, string orchestra and celesta in 2011. Silhouette, which was inspired by the structure of the Eiffel Tower and its creator’s distinctive way of thinking, occupies a special place in the oeuvre. And the concert, not to be missed by those who love Arvo Pärt, has yet another special treat in store: the world premiere of a new work by Estonian composer Riho Esko Maimets (1988), who attempts, in the manner of his older colleague’s artistic conviction, to respond to the world around us with answers that are intimate, honest and unvarnished. ‘Like in many of my recent works, I attempt to grapple with pain and sorrow,’ he said.