Symphony Dedicated to Khodorkovsky Performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic
13 Jan 2009
Los Angeles Times Blog
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has written a symphony labeled "Los Angeles" and dedicated it to Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Pärt explained in a program insert that he is also reaching out in this symphony to, "all those imprisoned without rights in Russia." For the composer, the symphony is meant as a "carrier pigeon" that he hopes might "reach faraway Siberia one day."
"The composer called Khodorkovsky a great man and said Russia would be a better country had the oligarch, once Russia's wealthiest man, become its leader."
The symphony was performed by the Los Angeles philharmonic.