Arvo Pärt, Hardijs Lediņš and the Ritual Moment in Riga, October 1977

dc.contributor.authorKarnes, Kevin C.
dc.contributor.otherKõlar, Anu, koostaja
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-01T07:11:26Z
dc.date.available2024-04-01T07:11:26Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionSummary available in Estonian (p. 127)
dc.descriptionOlemas kokkuvõte eesti keeles (lk 127)et
dc.description.abstractDrawing on archival research and oral history, this article reconstructs events surrounding the premieres of Arvo Pärt’s first openly sacred tintinnabuli-style compositions, including his Missa syllabica, at the Festival of Contemporary Music held in Riga in October 1977. It highlights the work of the Latvian artist and architecture student Hardijs Lediņš (1955–2004), whose discotheque at the Riga Polytechnic Institute hosted the event. Tracing the reception of the festival and Pärt’s music by participants, notably the pianist Alexei Lubimov, the composer Vladimir Martynov, and the violinist Boriss Avramecs, the article suggests that an informal network of students and alternative artists played a crucial role in nurturing and supporting this most ideologically problematic corner of Pärt’s compositional activity of the period. For a little over a year, Lediņš’s disco provided an underground space for the presentation of experimental art and the experience of creative freedom. That experience, however, was short-lived, as festival organizers were charged with distributing religious propaganda shortly afterwards, and they were barred from engaging in future organizational work of the sort.
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Regional Development Funden
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter of Excellence for Estonian Studiesen
dc.description.sponsorshipRepublic of Estonia, Ministry of Cultureen
dc.description.sponsorshipEesti Vabariik, Kultuuriministeeriumet
dc.identifier.issn2382-8080
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10062/97431
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.58162/1BHP-XT24
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia
dc.publisherEesti Muusikateaduse Selts
dc.relation.ispartofRes Musica : Eesti Muusikateaduse Seltsi ja Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia muusikateaduslik aastaraamat
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Estoniaen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ee/
dc.titleArvo Pärt, Hardijs Lediņš and the Ritual Moment in Riga, October 1977
dc.title.alternativeArvo Pärt, Hardijs Lediņš ja rituaalsed hetked Riias oktoobris 1977
dc.typeArticle

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