Arvo Pärt
Sound·September 11, 1935 — 90 years old·Paide, Järva County, Estonia
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.
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—KotsuageMusic—SmokeMusic2026Concerto di Pasqua 2026 - OSNOriginal Music Composer2025Arvo Pärt: works for choir and string orchestrav @ Lusatian FestivalOriginal Music Composer2025All This DeathMusic2025Rebel with a Bow TieSelf (uncredited)2025Birthday Concert for Arvo Pärt The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir with Tõnu KaljusteOriginal Music Composer2024Huldufólk 102Additional Soundtrack2024Peace Project With Patricia KopatchinskajaOriginal Music Composer2024Beyond the HomesteadMusic2024The Endless - Parts I And IIMusic2023Por la gloria de sus padresSongs2022Nostalghia - Sui luoghi di Tarkovskij 40 anni dopoMusic · Additional Soundtrack2022Revoir ParisAdditional Soundtrack2022MenAdditional Soundtrack2022Odessa Classics TallinnOriginal Music Composer2022OSN: Omaggio a Luciano Berio con Magdalena Kožená e Ion MarinOriginal Music Composer20217 Lakes, 7 Lives2021Experience of GoodnessMusic2021Birds of ParadiseAdditional Soundtrack2021My Name Is Pauli MurrayAdditional Soundtrack2020Sweet ThingAdditional Soundtrack · Music2020Europakonzert 2020Original Music Composer2019Better DaysAdditional Soundtrack2019A Hidden LifeAdditional Soundtrack2019From Matti with LoveAdditional Soundtrack2019I am the Human thy GodMusic2019That Pärt FeelingHimself2019Valley of the RulersMusic2018Every Sound a JewelSelf (Archive)2018Not Even a GravestoneOriginal Music Composer2018The ApparitionAdditional Soundtrack · Music2017WildebeestAdditional Soundtrack2017NovitiateAdditional Soundtrack2017Twenty TwoMusic2017LovelessAdditional Soundtrack2017Song to SongAdditional Soundtrack2017Voyage of Time: Life's JourneyAdditional Soundtrack2016The Young PopeTVAdditional Soundtrack2016The Good PlaceTVAdditional Soundtrack2016Bosch: The Garden of DreamsAdditional Soundtrack2016Cracking the Shakespeare CodeMusic2015The MasterMusic2015The DaughterAdditional Soundtrack2015The WaitAdditional Soundtrack2015Knight of CupsAdditional Soundtrack2015Maestro2015The Lost ParadiseHimself2015Adam's PassionMusic2015Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everythingHimself2015Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless OneAdditional Soundtrack2015The ClubAdditional Soundtrack2015Standing TallAdditional Soundtrack2015Avengers: Age of UltronAdditional Soundtrack2015Mia madreAdditional Soundtrack2014FoxcatcherAdditional Soundtrack2014The Way He LooksAdditional Soundtrack2014GuapasTVAdditional Soundtrack2013Six by SondheimAdditional Soundtrack2013The Inner JungleAdditional Soundtrack2013TriptychAdditional Soundtrack2013Mop KingAdditional Soundtrack2013Blue CapriceAdditional Soundtrack2013Singing WomenMusic2013VioletteAdditional Soundtrack2013About TimeAdditional Soundtrack2013Childhood Land SiberiaMusic2013The EastAdditional Soundtrack2013The Great BeautyAdditional Soundtrack2013RectifyTVAdditional Soundtrack2013The Place Beyond the PinesAdditional Soundtrack2013To the WonderAdditional Soundtrack2012The Man Who LaughsAdditional Soundtrack2012AugustineAdditional Soundtrack2012InescapableAdditional Soundtrack2012The LetterAdditional Soundtrack2011Bells of EuropeMusic2011Gvido ZvaigzneMusic2011This Must Be the PlaceAdditional Soundtrack2011The Sleeping Beauty of East FinchleyAdditional Soundtrack2011We Have a PopeAdditional Soundtrack2010Into Eternity: A Film for the FutureAdditional Soundtrack2010SimpleAdditional Soundtrack2010The Secret Life of ChaosAdditional Soundtrack2009Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred EicherHimself · Music2009Hungry HillsAdditional Soundtrack2009The Young VictoriaAdditional Soundtrack2009Elegy of WoodAdditional Soundtrack2008ElegyAdditional Soundtrack2008Criminal JusticeTVAdditional Soundtrack2008The BanishmentMusic2007There Will Be BloodAdditional Soundtrack2007The WarTVAdditional Soundtrack2007The UnforeseenAdditional Soundtrack2007In Memory Of MeAdditional Soundtrack2006The Good ShepherdAdditional Soundtrack2006Goya's GhostsAdditional Soundtrack2006Times and WindsAdditional Soundtrack2006CandyAdditional Soundtrack2005Bang Bang OrangutangAdditional Soundtrack2005SupernaturalTVAdditional Soundtrack2005The Giant BuddhasAdditional Soundtrack · Music2005So You Think You Can DanceTVAdditional Soundtrack2005The Buried ForestMusic2005Time to LeaveAdditional Soundtrack2005Phantom LimbAdditional Soundtrack2005Dickens in AmericaTVAdditional Soundtrack2005Numb3rsTVAdditional Soundtrack2005Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final SolutionTVAdditional Soundtrack2004After the Day BeforeMusic2004Promised LandAdditional Soundtrack2004Dead Man's ShoesAdditional Soundtrack2004Hawaii, OsloAdditional Soundtrack2004Day and NightAdditional Soundtrack2004Fahrenheit 9/11Additional Soundtrack2004Notre MusiqueMusic2004Red LightsAdditional Soundtrack2003TRAGEDIA ENDOGONIDIA - R.#07 ROMEMusic2003Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried MeAdditional Soundtrack2003The Barbarian InvasionsAdditional Soundtrack2003Soldiers of SalaminaAdditional Soundtrack2003JapónAdditional Soundtrack · Thanks2002Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a FugueHimself2002AbandonAdditional Soundtrack2002Swept AwayAdditional Soundtrack2002GerryMusic2002In the Darkness of TimeMusic2002HeavenAdditional Soundtrack2001C'est la vieAdditional Soundtrack2001War PhotographerOriginal Music Composer · Additional Soundtrack2001Mostly MarthaAdditional Soundtrack2001In Praise of LoveMusic2001Lauzon LauzoneAdditional Soundtrack2001WitAdditional Soundtrack2000After the ReconciliationMusic2000Closed EyesAdditional Soundtrack1999A Kind of HushMusic · Additional Soundtrack1999Simons filmAdditional Soundtrack1998The Thin Red LineAdditional Soundtrack1997Winter SleepersAdditional Soundtrack1996JohnsAdditional Soundtrack1996Grisha1996Mother NightAdditional Soundtrack1996HamsunAdditional Soundtrack1995HiroshimaAdditional Soundtrack1995Two by DoveMusic1994Lou Didn’t Say NoMusic1994Squanto: A Warrior's TaleAdditional Soundtrack1993Hail, SarajevoMusic1993CageMusic1992Lessons of DarknessAdditional Soundtrack1991Lest We ForgetMusic1991For Thomas WainggaiMusic1991The Lovers on the BridgeAdditional Soundtrack1990Goodbye to CaliAdditional Music1990Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the MorningHimself1989Queen of HeartsAdditional Soundtrack1989Rachel RiverAdditional Soundtrack · Original Music Composer1988Point of ViewTVAdditional Soundtrack1988TestamentAdditional Soundtrack1987The Paper BridgeMusic1987MallorcaMusic1986Rise and Fall of a Small Film CompanyMusic1979Pilot Pirx's InquestOriginal Music Composer1978Arvo Pärt in November 1978Self (uncredited)1978Tracks on SnowMusic1976Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the ProletariatPiano Player at the Restaurant · Original Music Composer1975Colourful DreamsOriginal Music Composer1974Where the Little Stars GrowMusic1974Spring in the ForestOriginal Music Composer1974SistersMusic1973PallidMusic1973UnderwaterMusic1973Colored PencilsMusic1973Such StoriesMusic1972Üks helin mul helises rinna seesMusic1971Summer Games of InsectsMusic1971InspirationMusic1970Athomic and StoutsMusic1970AthomicMusic1970Ice StateMusic1969The White Land of EnderbyMusic1968Kips the Operator in the Stone KingdomMusic1967Stork ChickMusic1966Kips the Operator on a Desert IslandMusic1965The Milkman of MäekülaOriginal Music Composer1965Mouse HuntMusic1965New Adventures of Kips the OperatorMusic1964The Last Chimney-SweepMusic1964Cameraman Kõps in MushroomlandMusic1963Just Like That!Music1962Little ScooterMusic1962From Evening Till MorningMusic