A Conversation on Arvo Part at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York,
NY 10028
212 570 3949
http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/ticketed-talks/spark-spirit-in-soundzatorre?eid=4313
SPARK: A New Conversation Series
Robert Zatorre, neuroscientist, Montreal Neurological Institute
Steven Holl, architect
Peter Bouteneff, musician and professor of theology, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
New York?s celebration of Arvo Pärt offers an opportunity to explore the spiritual content of his music, and to discover how the spaces in which music is performed can amplify its emotional power. In this program, neuroscientist Robert Zatorre explains how music can engage the reward system deep in our brains?the same system that responds to food and sex. Architect Steven Holl describes making spaces for music, and shows how music influences his work. Theologian Peter Bouteneff talks about the thread of spirituality that weaves throughout Pärt?s masterpieces.