Arvo Part, the world's most prominent living composer, spoke with Karol Beffa and Bertrand Dermoncourt when he lived in Berlin in 1996. Thirty years later, their conversation is published in its entirety for the first time, with Beffa's in-depth appraisal of Arvo Part's music.

A concomitant publication in French, Arvo Part, is likewise published by Hermits United.

Karol Beffa is a composer, pianist, and musicologist. Bertrand Dermoncourt is a music critic and Director of Radio Classique.