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Arvo Pärt
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Person

Arvo Pärt

b. 1935

Estonian composer (born 1935)

Born
11 Sept 1935 · Paide
Part ofAustria112 BCE – todayEstonia1198 – todaySoviet Union1848 – 1991

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 105 years
  1. 11 Sept 1935BornBorn in Paide
  2. 2000AwardHerder Prize
  3. 2003AwardHonorary doctor of Durham University
  4. 2006AwardRecipient of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 1st Class
  5. 2007AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Fribourg
  6. 2008AwardLéonie Sonning Music Prize
  7. 2009AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Liège
  8. 2010AwardHonorary doctor of the University of St Andrews
  9. 2011AwardCoat of Arms of Tallinn
  10. 2011AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
  11. 2014AwardPraemium Imperiale
  12. 2015AwardAustrian Decoration for Science and Art
  13. 2017AwardRatzinger Prize

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1935 – today).

  1. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  2. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  3. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1938Munich Agreement
  5. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  6. 1939 – 1945World War II
  7. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  8. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  9. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  10. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  11. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  12. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  13. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  14. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  16. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  17. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  19. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  20. 1956Suez Crisis
  21. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  23. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  25. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  27. 1968Prague Spring
  28. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  29. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  30. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  31. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  33. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  34. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  35. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  36. 1985Schengen Agreement
  37. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  38. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  39. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  40. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Biography

Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. His most performed works include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and Für Alina (1976). From 2011 to 2018, and again in 2022 and 2025, Pärt was the most performed living composer in the world. The Arvo Pärt Centre, in Laulasmaa, was opened to the public in 2018.

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