Arvo Pärt
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.
Filmography
Rebel with a Bow Tie
2025
as Self (uncredited)
7 Lakes, 7 Lives
2021
That Pärt Feeling
2019
as Himself
- No poster
Every Sound a Jewel
2018
as Self (Archive)
Maestro
2015
The Lost Paradise
2015
as Himself
Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everything
2015
as Himself
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher
2009
as Himself
Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue
2002
as Himself
Grisha
1996
Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning
1990
as Himself
Arvo Pärt in November 1978
1978
as Self (uncredited)
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
1976
as Piano Player at the Restaurant