Staff of the St. Vladimir's Seminary's Arvo Pärt Project were among those who greeted Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas at a reception in New York, on December 12, 2014. Prime Minister Rõivas, elected in March of this year, told the team, "I am a big Arvo Pärt fan!"
The Estonian leader also thanked the team for their remarkable work in bringing the great Estonian composer to New York last May, and producing concerts with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. The seminary's 2020 Strategic Plan calls for the establishment of an Institute of Sacred Arts at St. Vladimir's, of which The Arvo Pärt Project will be an important component.
