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Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer fifth year running

Silver Tambur / January 12, 2016

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has, for the fifth year running, been given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, Bachtrack. “Arvo Pärt continues to be the most performed contemporary concert composer, leagues ahead of John Adams and John Williams,” Bachtrack said. The top contemporary opera composer is Jonathan […]

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A new work by Arvo Pärt premieres in Vienna

Silver Tambur / December 7, 2015

On 10 December, a new work by composer Arvo Pärt – called “Kleine Litanel”, created for a cappella mixed choir – will premiere in the Austrian capital Vienna, Arvo Pärt Centre reported. The piece was created in October this year, on the commission of the Wien Museum for the reopening of St Virgil’s Chapel in

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Arvo Pärt’s music for children released

Estonian World / October 8, 2015

The Estonian National Broadcasting and the Arvo Pärt Centre have released a new album with Arvo Pärt’s music for children. Entitled “Songs from Childhood”, the album introduces a selection of children’s songs and piano pieces composed by Pärt for plays and animations between 1956 and 1970, with many previously unreleased pieces. The recording of the

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“The Lost Paradise” – a new film about Arvo Pärt to be released in September

Silver Tambur / August 13, 2015

A new documentary, produced by Accentus Music and directed by German film director Günter Atteln, follows composer Arvo Pärt over a one-year period in his native Estonia, as well as to Japan, Germany, Italy and Vatican. “He is the most-performed contemporary composer in the world. And yet he rarely ventures out in public, prefers to

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Arvo Pärt awarded the Austrian decoration for science and art

Estonian World / July 6, 2015

In mid-June, the president of the Republic of Austria, Heinz Fischer, ceremonially presented the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Austria’s highest decoration for remarkable services in this field of activity, to the Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt. The decoration has been awarded since 1955, and the fact that the number of its recipients is strictly

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“Adam’s Passion” – a unique cooperation of Arvo Pärt and Robert Wilson premieres in Tallinn

Maris Hellrand / May 11, 2015

As the world celebrates its most performed living composer, Arvo Pärt’s 80th jubilee this year, an equally influential artist, Robert Wilson, is paying his homage with a special production in Tallinn. Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and American theatre visionary Robert Wilson will come together for a new creation of modern music theatre titled “Adam’s Passion”.

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Estonian philharmonics to perform in Washington

Estonian World / February 11, 2015

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir will perform at the Serenade! International Choral Series in Washington, DC, in March. Following the success of its all-Arvo Pärt concert at the Kennedy Center in May 2014, the choir returns to celebrate the anniversaries of great musical giants: Jean Sibelius’ 150th, Veljo Tormis’ 85th and Arvo Pärt’s 80th. The

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Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer fourth year running

Silver Tambur / January 7, 2015

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has, for the fourth year running, been given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, Bachtrack. Placing 37th in the overall composers’ ranking, Pärt was ranked a place higher than last year. Among the living composers, John Williams and John Adams came respectively second and third,

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The top 5 events in Estonian culture in 2014

Silver Tambur / January 3, 2015

The events that helped Estonian culture to punch above its weight in 2014. 1. The continuing global success of Arvo Pärt’s music At the beginning of the year, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was, for the third year running, given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, bachtrack.com.

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PHOTOS: Arvo Pärt awarded with the prestigious Praemium Imperiale by Prince Hitachi in Tokyo

Silver Tambur / October 15, 2014

The Japan Art Association in Tokyo presented Arvo Pärt with the prestigious Praemium Imperiale cultural award on 15 October. The award is considered equal to the Nobel Prize in the field of culture, and was presented to Maestro Pärt by the patron of the association, Prince Hitachi. The Imperiale prize has been presented since 1989

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