International Arvo Pärt Centre aims to preserve and present the creative heritage of the composer Arvo Pärt
Biography (1/2)
- 1935 born on 11 September in Paide, Estonia
- 1938 moved to Rakvere, Estonia
- 1945–53 Rakvere Music School, piano studies with Ille Martin; first attempts at composition
- 1950–54 Rakvere High School
- 1954 Tallinn Music College (now Tallinn Conservatory), composition studies with Veljo Tormis
- 1954–56 Military Service, playing oboe, percussion and piano in the Military Band
- 1956 continuation of studies at music college
- 1957–63 Tallinn Music Academy, composition studies with Heino Eller
- 1958–67 Sound Engineer at Estonian Radio
- 1967–80 freelance composer in Tallinn
- 1968 Credo, conclusion of his first creative period 1968–76 new artistic reorientation
- 1976 Für Alina, birth of the Tintinnabuli-technique of composition
- 1976–77 15 tintinnabuli-compositions, including Tabula Rasa, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, Fratres
- 1980 emigration to Vienna; contract with the publisher Universal Edition
- 1981-82 grant from the Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD), Berlin
- since 1981 freelance composer in Berlin
- since 1984 beginning of the creative collaboration with the CD label ECM; all authorised first recordings of major works with ECM
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