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Arvo Pärt
Estonian composer
Estonia · b. 1935-09-11
Arvo Pärt is credited on 994 releases across 202 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
994
Credits
202
Albums
8
Decades active
18
In collections
Biography
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Born 11 September 1935 in Paide (Estonia).
Married.
Arvo Pärt might be considered as the main composer of contemporary sacred music. He is strongly influenced by the minimalist movement & Gregorian chant.
In 1958, he entered at the Tallinn Conservatoire & he became famous through USSR with his composition 'Our Garden'. At the beginning of the seventies, he began to use serialism in his works but he stopped. An interest for Gregorian chant & medieval music then brought a new dimension to his music. Mystic, restful & emotional might be some adjectives to describe his compositions. He is one of the most important composers of 'mystical minimalist movement' with John Tavener & Henryk Górecki.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
994 releases · 202 albums · active 1959–2026
- Performance · 1,190
- Other credits · 40
- Engineering · 24
Studios: Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead · Niguliste Church, Tallinn · Karlshöhe, Ludwigsburg · St. John's, Smith Square
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Gidon Kremer
- Pärt
- Alexei Lubimov
- Bruno Lukk
- Górecki
- Kronos Quartet
- Nicola Benedetti
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