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.

Known For

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

Rebel with a Bow Tie

Grisha

The Lost Paradise

Maestro

That Pärt Feeling

Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher

Arvo Pärt in November 1978

All Movies (12)

• Rebel with a Bow Tie2025 · as Self (uncredited)
• 7 Lakes, 7 Lives2021
• That Pärt Feeling2019 · as Himself
• Maestro2015
• The Lost Paradise2015 · as Himself
• Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everything2015 · as Himself
• Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher2009 · as Himself
• Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue2002 · as Himself
• Grisha1996
• Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning1990 · as Himself
• Arvo Pärt in November 19781978 · as Self (uncredited)
• Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat1976 · as Piano Player at the Restaurant