Toomas SiitanToomas Siitan is an authoritative Pärt scholar, having worked closely with the composer for several decades. He graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music as a composer and received his PhD in musicology from the University of Lund. Since 196, he has taught music history at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, rising to Professor in 2004 and serving as head of the Department of Musicology since 2013. Siitan has published extensively on Pärt, Protestant singing and church history in nineteenth-century Estonia and Latvia, and the general history of Western music. Siitan's work has been recognized by the Estonian Composers' Union, the Estonian Cultural Foundation, the Estonian Music Society, and by a service medal from the Estonian government. Read More Read Less