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Arvo Pärt

Profession
Sound
Born
September 11, 1935 · Paide, Järva County, Estonia

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

Avengers: Age of Ultron poster
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Film · 2015 · ★ 7.3
About Time poster
About Time
Film · 2013 · ★ 7.9
Supernatural poster
Supernatural
Series · 2005 · ★ 8.3
There Will Be Blood poster
There Will Be Blood
Film · 2007 · ★ 8.1
The Place Beyond the Pines poster
The Place Beyond the Pines
Film · 2013 · ★ 7.0
The Thin Red Line poster
The Thin Red Line
Film · 1998 · ★ 7.4
The Great Beauty poster
The Great Beauty
Film · 2013 · ★ 7.5
Foxcatcher poster
Foxcatcher
Film · 2014 · ★ 6.7
The Good Place poster
The Good Place
Series · 2016 · ★ 8.0
Fahrenheit 9/11 poster
Fahrenheit 9/11
Film · 2004 · ★ 7.1
Men poster
Men
Film · 2022 · ★ 6.1
The Good Shepherd poster
The Good Shepherd
Film · 2006 · ★ 6.4

Filmography