Arvo Pärt
Birthday
1935/09/11 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paide, Estonia
Also know as
Arvo Paert
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.
Acting
(2009) Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher
as Himself
(1990) Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning
as Himself
(2002) Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue
as Himself
(2021) 7 Lakes, 7 Lives
as ---
(1976) Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
as Piano Player at the Restaurant
(2015) The Lost Paradise
as Himself
(2019) That Pärt Feeling
as Himself
(2015) Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everything
as Himself
(2015) Maestro
as ---
(1978) Arvo Pärt in November 1978
as Self (uncredited)
(1996) Grisha
as ---