Arvo Pärt
Also Known As: Arvo Paert
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.
Department: Sound
Place of Birth: Paide, Estonia
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Birthday: September 11, 1935
Age: 89 years old
Gender: Male
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Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher
Overview: On the way through a world of sounds and noise – with Manfred Eicher, the oustanding discoverer and mediator of contemporary music and founder of the music label ECM. On this journey we are meeting musicians and composers, but also people and places which are connected with him and with each other. We are encountering stories, landscapes, cities, disputes and hugs, tranquillity, hectic pace, work, self-doubt, joy, passion.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-11-19
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Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning
Overview: Arvo Pärt is regarded as one of the most original avant-garde composers. This documentary shows Pärt as a deeply spiritual man whose work is bound up with his religious beliefs. Both he and his music defy classification, and he is determined to preserve his aura of mystery.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue
Overview: Documentary covering three years in the life of composer Arvo Pärt.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2002-11-15
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7 Lakes, 7 Lives
Overview: Dabiz Riaño explores the scenic lakes of Eastern Europe in this ode to being differently-abled and the wonder of being alive.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-12-31
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Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Overview: In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and that a special organization was involved in transporting the stolen to Estonia. Scout Maksim Isayev is sent to this country. He establishes that the cipher of the Soviet embassy Olenetskaya works for the German resident Nolmar, with whom employees of Gokhran Kozlovskaya and an appraiser Yakov Shelekhes are associated. As a result of the provocation, Isayev was arrested. In the prison cell, he finds himself together with the famous Russian writer Nikandrov, who could not find himself in post-revolutionary Russia and went abroad. Released soon by the efforts of his comrades, Isayev continues the struggle for the fate of Nikandrov — for his return to his homeland.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-06-21
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The Lost Paradise
Overview: He is the most performed contemporary composer in the world. And yet he rarely ventures out in public, prefers to keep quiet about his music, feels at home in the forests of Estonia and generates therewith - perhaps involuntarily - the impression of a recluse, which is attributed to him again and again: Arvo Part. In The Lost Paradise, we follow him over a period of one year in his native Estonia, to Japan and the Vatican. The documentary is framed by the stage production of Adam's Passion, a music theater piece based on the Biblical story of the fall of Adam featuring three key works by Arvo Part. The world-renowned director Robert Wilson has brought this work to the stage in a former submarine factory in Tallinn. Tracing their creative process, the film offers rare and personal insights into the worlds of two of the most fascinating personalities in the international arts and music scene.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-08
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That Pärt Feeling
Overview: The great composer Arvo Pärt at work, whilst the artists who perform his music and are inspired by it illustrate the different aspects of the phenomenon the man is.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-28
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Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everything
Overview: Documentary about now 80-years old composer Arvo Pärt and his music, philosophy and family.
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Original Language: et
Release Date: 2015-08-24
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Maestro
Overview: Maestro follows Grammy award-winning conductor Paavo Järvi and an array of brilliant musicians as they perform to sold-out music halls across the world.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-09
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Arvo Pärt in November 1978
Overview: Arvo Pärt and Lithuanian chamber orchestra are rehearsing for Old and Medieval music festival in Tallinn
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1978-12-31
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Grisha
Overview: An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through the lens of old friends and colleagues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1996-11-08
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Rebel with a Bow Tie
Overview: The playfully documented grand finale of Toomas Hendrik Ilves’s 10 years as president. Jaan Tootsen’s documentary follows President Toomas Hendrik Ilves in the last year and a half of his term in office – as he grapples with the complexities of world politics and his private life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2025-01-31
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