Biography

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 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.

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Filmography

View Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

1976Film
3.8
View Grisha
Grisha

Grisha

1996Film
7.0
View Rebel with a Bow Tie
Rebel with a Bow Tie

Rebel with a Bow Tie

2025Film0
View Maestro
Maestro

Maestro

2015Film0
View The Lost Paradise
The Lost Paradise

The Lost Paradise

2015Film0
View Arvo Pärt in November 1978
Arvo Pärt in November 1978

Arvo Pärt in November 1978

1978Film0
View 7 Lakes, 7 Lives
7 Lakes, 7 Lives

7 Lakes, 7 Lives

2021Film0
View Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher

Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher

2009Film
6.6
View That Pärt Feeling
That Pärt Feeling

That Pärt Feeling

2019Film
8.0
View Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue
Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue

Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue

2002Film
8.0
View Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning
Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning

Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning

1990Film
1.0
View Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everything
Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everything

Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everything

2015Film0