“Even if I lose everything…, “Arvo Pärt has written in one of his workbooks. What is he talking about?Does it mean that for him, “everything“ has no value any more?Does it mean that there exists something quite different, a treasure, tha…

靜寂之中的細微聲音，通常最能引人深思。有人說，這是以聲音來接近心靈最好的方式，這句話雖然沒錯，但是在現代社會裡無比喧囂擾嚷的環境，我們有多少機會能夠傾聽靜寂？連靜寂都難求，就別說要領略靜寂之中的樂音了。Avro Part的作品，卻提供給我們這樣的機會，讓人重新在寧靜裡尋回自己、檢視自己，在那簡單樸素的合唱樂音之中，洋溢著崇高而…

This documentary shows Arvo Pärt at home with his family and working in his study. He is interviewed/provides voiceover in Estonian/Russian with subtitled English translations. Concert rehearsals (The Hilliard Ensemble/ Western Wind Choir/…

The year is 1921. Lenin and the Bolsheviks have just defeated the White Army and ended the Russian Civil War. However, the valuable diamonds that belonged to the ousted royal family are beginning to disappear. The Cheka have discovered that they are being smuggled out of the country by White sympathizers, and are deter…