On 22 November at 15.00, as part of the Narva Art Residency Art Club, there will be an open lecture by Hele-Mai Poobus dedicated to composer Arvo Pärt, who celebrated his 90th anniversary this year, and his creative work. Where did his journey begin? What is tintinnabuli? Art Club meetings are usually intended for selected participants, but this time the lecture is open to all interested visitors.
The lecture will be held in Russian, admission is free.
Hele-Mai Poobus is the head and editor of the Creative Residency at the Arvo Pärt Centre. Her primary task at the centre is logging various archival materials and creating links between them, but she also writes, edits, and translates texts if needed. Hele-Mai conducts interviews with the composer on the creative process behind his works, during which she needs to gather and analyse important information on the creation and presentation of Arvo Pärt’s compositions.
Hele-Mai is a professional musician, and studied music theory at the Tallinn Music High School and classical singing at Georg Ots Tallinn Music School. In 2004, she graduated with a major in singing from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, and later continued her studies at the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, followed by nearly ten years with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
The Art Club meetings are supported by the British Council.