February 2014

The participants for the second stage of the competition for designing a building for the Arvo Pärt Centre have been selected
The first stage of the design contest for the Arvo Pärt Centre has finished. 71 applications from around the world were received by the deadline, and 20 participants shall continue in the second stage.

Arvo Pärt visits the Arnold Schönberg Centre in Vienna
During his visit to Vienna for the performance of Symphony No. 4 at the Musikverein on January 31, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, Arvo and Nora Pärt also paid a visit to the Arnold Schönberg Centre.

Picture title Facsimile of Arvo Pärt’s “Mozart-Adagio” presented to Stiftung Mozarteum
In 2014, Arvo Pärt was in focus at Mozart Week between January 24 and February 2. His music was performed at six concerts, and the world premiere of “Swan Song” was presented by the Vienna Philharmonic.

Two reviews published about „The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt“ collection
Two interesting reviews representing oppositional viewpoints have been published about „The Cambridge Company to Arvo Pärt” – the collection of articles edited by Andrew Shenton.