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On 14 November 2018 the Arvo Pärt Centre will host an international conference LIGINULL (NEARLY-ZERO) organised by the Estonian Association of Architects. Due to the conference the centre will be closed to the public on that day. We apologise for any inconvenience. The conference on nearly-zero energy welcomes architects as well as specialists from ministries

On 17 October, on the day of the opening of the Arvo Pärt Centre, the Arvo Pärt Centre together with the authors presented a graphic novel and a short film about the life and creative development of Arvo Pärt.

The Arvo Pärt Centre will open its doors in Laulasmaa on 17 October 2018. This comprises the personal archive of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and a creative meeting place for anyone interested in his music and thoughts. Here are the series of events celebrating the opening of the Arvo Pärt Centre during 12th to 17th of October:

Anne Akiko Meyers, one of the world’s preeminent violin soloists, will perform at the very first public concert in the concert hall of the Arvo Pärt Centre’s new building. Meyers has also collaborated with Pärt before in outstanding concerts in New York and elsewhere. Her interpretations of one of Arvo Pärt’s most technically demanding violin pieces, Passacaglia, have attracted special attention.

Arvo Pärt’s Prayer. From Kanon Pokajanen  will receive its world premiere performance on 7, 8, and 11 September in Viljandi, Tartu and Tallinn at Nargenfestival Arvo Pärt Days.

Composer Arvo Pärt and the Arvo Pärt Centre commemorate the Russian conductor, pianist and multi-talented musician Gennady Rozhdestvensky (04.05.1931–16.06.2018), who passed away on 16 June.

On 19 May the Arvo Pärt Centre will again participate in the Estonia-wide event, Museum Night Estonia. For the last time, you can visit the Centre at its current location in the Aliina building. This year’s Museum Night carries the title Night of Parties and is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia.

Composer Arvo Pärt and the Arvo Pärt Centre cordially congratulate Tallinn Chamber Orchestra on their 25th anniversary! Since its establishment, TCO has also been one of the leading performers and recorders of Arvo Pärt’s music. One of their first major tasks in 1993, when Tõnu Kaljuste formed the orchestra, was recording Pärt’s Te Deum (ECM) with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

ECM Records will release a new CD, Arvo Pärt: The Symphonies, featuring all four symphonies by Pärt. These orchestral works from the composer’s different creative periods are performed by the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste.

“It was 7 February 1976, a beautiful sunny winter’s day,” Nora Pärt recalls. There was brightness and inspiration in the air and Nora suggested they take a longer walk through the forest in Nõmme. However, Arvo Pärt was not getting up from his dark brown pianino anytime soon… They didn’t make it to the forest that day; however, the piano composition Für Alina was born. With this small piece the composer found his own voice and compositional style, which he named tintinnabuli.

As the highlight of the 800th anniversary celebrations of the University of Salamanca, the oldest university in Spain, an extraordinary concert will be performed today, on 18 February 2018, with the world premiere of Arvo Pärt’s new a cappella composition, And I heard a voice… / Ja ma kuulsin hääle… as part of the programme.

On 15 October 2018, the Arvo Pärt Centre will open its doors to the public in its new, unique building. Its architecture is inspired by the composer’s music, more precisely, one of his most important compositions, Tabula rasa. Enrique Sobejano, one of the architects of the Arvo Pärt Centre, introduces the conceptual points of departure for the new Arvo Pärt Centre building.