Arvo Pärt
September 11, 1935 (89 years old) in Paide, Estonia
Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ËÉrĘo ËpĂŚrt]; born September 11, 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and religious music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. His most performed works include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and FĂźr Alina (1976). From 2011 to 2018, Pärt was the most performed living composer in the world, and the second most performed in 2019. The Arvo Pärt Centre, in Laulasmaa, was opened to the public in 2018. Pärt's music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 ¡7 Lakes, 7 Livesas
- 2019 ¡That Pärt Feelingas Himself
- 2015 ¡Maestroas
- 2015 ¡The Lost Paradiseas Himself
- 2015 ¡Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everythingas Himself
- 2009 ¡Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicheras Himself
- 2002 ¡Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugueas Himself
- 1996 ¡Grishaas
- 1990 ¡Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morningas Himself
- 1978 ¡Arvo Pärt in November 1978as Self (uncredited)
- 1976 ¡Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariatas Piano Player at the Restaurant