Arvo Pärt
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Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer born in 1935 who has become one of the most performed classical composers of our time. His work matters because his distinctive minimalist style and spiritual approach to composition have resonated with audiences worldwide and influenced contemporary classical music.
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- 1935-09-11
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Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrʋo ˈpært]; 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 Für Alina (1976). From 2011 to 2018, Pärt was the most…
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- Rebel with a Bow Tie — Self (uncredited)2025
- 7 Lakes, 7 Lives2021
- That Pärt Feeling — Himself2019
- The Lost Paradise — Himself2015
- Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everything — Himself2015
- Maestro2015
- Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher — Himself2009
- Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue — Himself2002
- Grisha1996
- Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning — Himself1990
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Arvo Pärt ( Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. His most performed works include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and Für Alina (1976). From 2011 to 2018, and again in 2022 and 2025, Pärt was the most performed living composer in the world. The Arvo Pärt Centre, in Laulasmaa, was opened to the public in 2018.
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