Estonian graphic designer Joonas Sildre has crafted a graphic novel, “Between Two Sounds”, chronicling Arvo Pärt’s journey through art, silence and self-discovery.
Estonia’s most celebrated living composer, Arvo Pärt, has left an indelible mark on the world of classical music. Joonas Sildre’s new graphic novel, “Between Two Sounds”, offers a fresh perspective on the man behind the music, providing an intimate retelling of Pärt’s life and the personal and political struggles that shaped his revolutionary sound.
The novel, published by the New York-based Plough Publishing House, explores Pärt’s evolution as an artist, from his early days as a rebellious young composer in Soviet-occupied Estonia to the decade-long silence that led him to develop his groundbreaking tintinnabuli technique.
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