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Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt

1935–present

Modernclassical composermusiciancomposer

Quick Facts

Born
1935
Died
Present

Tags

classical composermusiciancomposer

Biography

Wikipedia
Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. 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.

Works & Events

1935

Birth of Arvo Pärt

birth

Derived from Wikidata date of birth (P569).

1968

Premiere of Credo (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1972

Premiere of Symphony No. 3 (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1977

Premiere of Fratres (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1977

Premiere of Tabula rasa (Arvo Pärt)

premiereTallinn

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1981

Premiere of De profundis (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1982

Premiere of Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1985

Premiere of Stabat Mater (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1985

Premiere of Te Deum (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1998

Premiere of Kanon Pokajanen (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

2000

Premiere of Cecilia, vergine romana (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

2002

Premiere of Salve Regina (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

2003

Premiere of Liturgy (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

2008

Premiere of The Deer's Cry (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

2009

Premiere of Symphony No. 4 (Arvo Pärt)

premiereWalt Disney Concert Hall

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

2010

Premiere of Adam's Lament (Arvo Pärt)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

2010

Release of The Very Best of Arvo Pärt

recording release

Derived from publication date (P577) on recording/album entities.

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