Arvo Pärt (1935)

Introduction
Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer. His main works are composed in the classical style and as religious music. He is known for his minimalist style and his own compositional technique called, tintinnabuli. Musically, Pärt's tintinnabular music is characterized by two types of voice, the first of which (dubbed the "tintinnabular voice") arpeggiated the tonic triad, and the second of which moves diatonically in stepwise motion. This can be heard and showcased in both Für Alina (1976) and Spiegel im Spiegel (1978).

Work Performed in Alba
Für Alina was played at the Alba Music Festival by Anne Condamin, and I found this performance to lack musicality. The piece is a simple composition however, it has complexity to get the intention across. Watching teh number of piano concerts that day I was able to look back on her performance and realized it was because she was reading all of her pieces. While the other performers had theirs memorized and so there was more of a performance quality and the feeling of intention behind the music, while Ms. Condamin had all of her pieces in front of her and spent a lot of time reading the pieces.