Ngenxa yalesi sigaba esiphathelene nomqambi u-Arvo Pärt, ngitshele ukuthi wafunda kuphi futhi nini ukuqamba nokuthi wafunda kumuphi uthisha.
Context:Imfundo kaPärt yomculo yaqala eneminyaka eyisikhombisa lapho eqala ukuya esikoleni somculo eRakvere. Lapho esanda kweva eshumini nambili, uPärt wayesezibhalela ezakhe izingoma. Isifundo sakhe sokuqala esibucayi safika ngo-1954 eTallinn Music Middle School, kodwa kungakapheli nonyaka kamuva wasiyeka okwesikhashana ukuze enze inkonzo yezempi, edlala i-oboe nezigubhu eqenjini lezempi. Ngemva kokuphothula inkonzo yakhe yezempi waya eTallinn Conservatory, lapho afunda khona ukubhala noHeino Eller futhi kwathiwa ngaye, "wavele wazamazamisa imikhono yakhe futhi amanothi ayephuma". Ngawo-1950, waphinde waqedela ukwakheka kwakhe kokuqala kwezwi, i-cantata Meie aed ('Ingadi Yethu') yekwaya yezingane ne-orchestra. Wathweswa iziqu ngo-1963.
U-Arvo Pärt wafunda ukwakheka eTallinn Conservatory phakathi nawo-1950. Uthisha wakhe wokuqamba kwakunguHeino Eller.