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

Rebel with a Bow Tie

2025•Movie

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

1976•Movie•

4.2

Grisha

1996•Movie•

7.0

The Lost Paradise

2015•Movie

Maestro

2015•Movie

That Pärt Feeling

2019•Movie•

8.0

Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher

2009•Movie•

6.6

7 Lakes, 7 Lives

2021•Movie

Filmography