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.
Sound 176
2020s
- 2026
Concerto di Pasqua 2026 - OSN
Original Music Composer
- 2025
Arvo Pärt: works for choir and string orchestrav @ Lusatian Festival
Original Music Composer
All This Death
Music
Birthday Concert for Arvo Pärt The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir with Tõnu Kaljuste
Original Music Composer
- 2024
Peace Project With Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Original Music Composer
Beyond the Homestead
Music
- 2023
Por la gloria de sus padres
Songs
- 2022
Nostalghia - Sui luoghi di Tarkovskij 40 anni dopo
Music, Additional Soundtrack
Odessa Classics Tallinn
Original Music Composer
OSN: Omaggio a Luciano Berio con Magdalena Kožená e Ion Marin
Original Music Composer
- 2021
Experience of Goodness
Music
- 2020
Europakonzert 2020
Original Music Composer
2010s
- 2019
From Matti with Love
Additional Soundtrack
Valley of the Rulers
Music
- 2018
Not Even a Gravestone
Original Music Composer
The Apparition
Additional Soundtrack, Music
- 2017
Wildebeest
Additional Soundtrack
Twenty Two
Music
- 2016
Cracking the Shakespeare Code
Music
- 2015
The Master
Music
The Wait
Additional Soundtrack
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
Additional Soundtrack
- 2014
- 2013
The Inner Jungle
Additional Soundtrack
Triptych
Additional Soundtrack
Mop King
Additional Soundtrack
Singing Women
Music
Violette
Additional Soundtrack
Childhood Land Siberia
Music
- 2012
The Man Who Laughs
Additional Soundtrack
- 2011
Gvido Zvaigzne
Music
The Sleeping Beauty of East Finchley
Additional Soundtrack
- 2010
Into Eternity: A Film for the Future
Additional Soundtrack
Simple
Additional Soundtrack
The Secret Life of Chaos
Additional Soundtrack
2000s
- 2009
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher
Music
- 2008
The Banishment
Music
- 2007
The War
Additional Soundtrack
The Unforeseen
Additional Soundtrack
In Memory of Me
Additional Soundtrack
- 2006
Times and Winds
Additional Soundtrack
Huldufólk 102
Additional Soundtrack
- 2005
Time to Leave
Additional Soundtrack
Bang Bang Orangutang
Additional Soundtrack
The Giant Buddhas
Additional Soundtrack, Music
The Buried Forest
Music
Phantom Limb
Music
Dickens in America
Additional Soundtrack
- 2004
Promised Land
Additional Soundtrack
Dead Man's Shoes
Additional Soundtrack
Hawaii, Oslo
Additional Soundtrack
Day and Night
Additional Soundtrack
Notre Musique
Music
Red Lights
Additional Soundtrack
- 2003
TRAGEDIA ENDOGONIDIA - R.#07 ROME
Music
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
Additional Soundtrack
The Barbarian Invasions
Additional Soundtrack
Soldiers of Salamina
Additional Soundtrack
Japón
Additional Soundtrack
- 2002
Abandon
Additional Soundtrack
In the Darkness of Time
Music
- 2001
C'est la vie
Additional Soundtrack
War Photographer
Original Music Composer, Additional Soundtrack
Mostly Martha
Additional Soundtrack
In Praise of Love
Music
Lauzon Lauzone
Additional Soundtrack
- 2000
After the Reconciliation
Music
Closed Eyes
Additional Soundtrack
1990s
- 1999
A Kind of Hush
Music, Additional Soundtrack
Simons film
Additional Soundtrack
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
Mother Night
Additional Soundtrack
Hamsun
Additional Soundtrack
- 1995
Hiroshima
Additional Soundtrack
Two by Dove
Music
- 1994
Lou Didn’t Say No
Music
- 1993
Hail, Sarajevo
Music
- 1992
Lessons of Darkness
Additional Soundtrack
- 1991
Lest We Forget
Music
For Thomas Wainggai
Music
1980s
- 1989
Queen of Hearts
Additional Soundtrack
Rachel River
Additional Soundtrack, Original Music Composer
- 1988
Testament
Additional Soundtrack
- 1987
The Paper Bridge
Music
Mallorca
Music
- 1986
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
Music
1970s
- 1979
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Original Music Composer
- 1978
Tracks on Snow
Music
- 1976
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Original Music Composer
- 1975
Colourful Dreams
Original Music Composer
- 1974
Where the Little Stars Grow
Music
Spring in the Forest
Original Music Composer
Sisters
Music
- 1973
Pallid
Music
Underwater
Music
Colored Pencils
Music
Such Stories
Music
- 1972
Üks helin mul helises rinna sees
Music
- 1971
Summer Games of Insects
Music
Inspiration
Music
- 1970
Athomic and Stouts
Music
Athomic
Music
Ice State
Music
1960s
- 1969
The White Land of Enderby
Music
- 1968
Kips the Operator in the Stone Kingdom
Music
- 1967
Stork Chick
Music
- 1966
Kips the Operator on a Desert Island
Music
- 1965
Mouse Hunt
Music
New Adventures of Kips the Operator
Music
- 1964
The Last Chimney-Sweep
Music
Cameraman Kõps in Mushroomland
Music
- 1963
Just Like That!
Music
- 1962
Little Scooter
Music
No release date
Kotsuage
Music
Smoke
Music
Acted in 4
2020s
- 2021
7 Lakes, 7 Lives
Movie
2010s
- 2015
Maestro
Movie
1990s
- 1996
Grisha
Movie
1970s
- 1976
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Piano Player at the Restaurant
Other crew 1
1990s
- 1990
Goodbye to Cali
Additional Music
Appearances8
2020s
- 2025
Rebel with a Bow Tie
Self (uncredited)
2010s
- 2019
That Pärt Feeling
Himself
- 2015
The Lost Paradise
Himself
Arvo Pärt: Even if I lose everything
Himself
2000s
- 2009
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher
Himself
- 2002
Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue
Himself
1990s
- 1990
Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning
Himself
1970s
- 1978
Arvo Pärt in November 1978
Self (uncredited)
Thanked in the credits1
2000s
- 2003
Japón
Thanks