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Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrʋo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli , a compositional technique he invented.
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Arvo Pärt gained recognition already in 1960s, when he became one of the leading figures of the so-called Soviet avant-garde. Several significant modernist composition techniques entered in Estonian music scene namely with Pärt’s works – Nekrolog, Perpetuum mobile, Pro et contra, among others.
- Credo (1968) Pärt composed his Credo for piano and chorus while he was still studying. The ambitious work packs a punch, with strong, chantlike vocal and instrumental passages using modernist serial techniques, contrasted with solo piano moments quoting J.S.
- Für Alina (1975) A beautiful work for solo piano, this piece invites the performer to interpret the speed and feel of a simple melody so that a slow and exquisite musical meditation can emerge.
- Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten (1976) Pärt penned this electrifying work in 1976 as an elegy for the English composer Benjamin Britten. It is written for strings and bell, and demonstrates Pärt’s profound minimalist style with its repeated chord progression and simple melody.
- Sarah Was Ninety Years Old (1977) Pärt composed this piece just before he cemented his Tintinnabuli style, although it represents a step towards it. Written for three voices, organ and percussion, it is based on a story of Sarah, the infertile wife of Abraham from the religious Book of Genesis, who delivers a child at an old age to fulfill a prophecy God has made to Abraham.
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Arvo Pärt is one of those composers in the world, whose creative output has significantly changed the way we understand the nature of music. In 1976, he created a unique musical language called tintinnabuli, that has reached a vast audience of various listeners and that has defined his work right up to today.
The Arvo Pärt Centre combines the composer’s personal archive with an information and music centre. It is an open meeting place for musicians, researchers and music lovers—for anyone interested in Arvo Pärt’s music and world of ideas.
