Arvo Pärt
composer

Arvo Pärt

  • September 11, 1935 Paide (Estonia)

Biography

Arvo Pärt's childhood

Born in 1935 in Estonia, Arvo Pärt studied music at the Music Secondary School in Tallinn. His education was interrupted in 1954 when he underwent military service. In 1957, he became a pupil at the Tallinn Conservatoire where he studied with Heino Eller. He worked for the Estonian radio and composed film music until he acquired his diploma in 1963.

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Alisa Weilerstein, Anna Han, Stefan Jackiw, and more perform Mozart and Pärt
Alisa Weilerstein, Anna Han, Stefan Jackiw, and more perform Mozart and Pärt

Midweek Masterworks at La Jolla Music Society

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Kent Nagano conducts Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, and Pärt — With Alexandre Kantorow
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Philippe Herreweghe conducts Monteverdi, Pärt and Messiaen
Philippe Herreweghe conducts Monteverdi, Pärt and Messiaen

World premiere of Pärt’s “Für Jan van Eyck” — C...

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Gidon Kremer plays Arvo Pärt and Schubert: Tribute to Arvo Pärt
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Gidon Kremer: Finding Your Own Voice
Gidon Kremer: Finding Your Own Voice

Portrait of a world-class violinist, from Paris...

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Six Ballets by Jiří Kylián and Hans van Manen
Six Ballets by Jiří Kylián and Hans van Manen

Nederland Dans Theater & Dutch National Ballet

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Concert No. 6: Passions – With Yana Ivanilova and Boris Berezovsky