Roberto Negro “Pärt & Songs”

Pärt & Songs was born of this insight: what seems tenuous can contain the vastest of things; the points of friction between materials, forms and memories are fertile ground. Under the fingers of Roberto Negro, an Italian composer and pianist, Arvo Pärt’s piano works become a source, an underground current.

A leading figure in contemporary music, Arvo Pärt occupies a unique place on the global musical landscape. His career, marked by profound aesthetic shifts, has transformed the way we perceive sound, time and silence, opening up a musical space founded on resonance, simplicity and the essential.

In Pärt & Songs, Pärt’s work becomes a space of resonance where new forms of composition are invented. Roberto Negro adopts a sensitive and personal approach: ‘There is something incomparably true in Arvo Pärt’s music. Something crystal-clear. A blend of peace, silence, power and contrast.’

Roberto Negro’s career is characterised by a unique fusion of contemporary composition and improvisation, ranging from solo piano to large ensembles. Winner of the 2018 Victoires du Jazz award (‘Breakthrough Album of the Year’) with his trio Dadada, he has established himself as one of the leading voices in contemporary music.

Pärt & Songs is music of thresholds and reflections, a space of transition between the worlds of Arvo Pärt and Roberto Negro.