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The very first summer season of the Arvo Pärt Centre invites you to concerts, talks and film evenings and to experience the sound of music not only in the concert hall, but also the Laulasmaa forest.

On Friday, 10 May, Tõnu Kaljuste was presented the International Classical Music Award (ICMA) in the category of Contemporary Music at a gala event in Lucerne, Switzerland. Kaljuste received the award for his recording of Arvo Pärt’s four symphonies with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra (ECM).

The President of the Republic of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis awarded Arvo Pärt a state decoration of Latvia, the Cross of Recognition 2nd Class (Grand Officer).

The special broadcast, Opening Celebration of the Arvo Pärt Centre (Arvo Pärdi Keskuse avamine) by Estonian Public Broadcasting received the Best Special Broadcast Award at tonight’s National Estonian Film and Television Awards. The nearly two-hour special program combining previously recorded material with live performances was broadcast on 13 October 2018.

Estonian Association of Architects presented their traditional honorary medals today. Anu Kivilo, CEO of the Arvo Pärt Centre, was awarded the honorary medal as the Best Commissioner of Architecture for the commission of the new building of the Arvo Pärt Centre. Jaano Tootsi from AS Ehitustrust, the manager of the construction project was awarded the

The Estonian Association of Phonogram Producers announced the laureates of this year’s Estonian Music Entrepreneurship Awards. The festive opening of the Arvo Pärt Centre in October 2018 was selected as the Music Event of the Year.

The German Music Authors’ Prizes (Deutscher Musikautorenpreis) were awarded at a gala event in Berlin tonight to recognise composers and lyricists for their outstanding creative work. Arvo Pärt was awarded the prize in the category of Choral Music.

On 6 March, Arvo Pärt’s friend and peer, the highly recognised Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov visited the Arvo Pärt Centre. He

The conference „Metanoia: transformation, forgiveness and reconciliation“ will take place on 7-9 March 2019 in Tallinn and Laulasmaa. The conference is organized by St John’s School in collaboration with the Arvo Pärt Centre.

The Union of Harju County Municipalities awarded the composer Arvo Pärt with the decoration of Honorary Citizen of Harju County.

It is now possible to get a closer look at the music of Arvo Pärt on the website of the Arvo Pärt Centre. We have developed an online facility introducing the full list of Pärt’s compositions.

The winners of the competition 25 Most Beautiful Estonian Books of 2018 were awarded last night at the National Library of Estonia. Also selected among the top 25 most beautiful books was the graphic novel by comic artist Joonas Sildre, Between Two Sounds published by the Arvo Pärt Centre. The book was also awarded the Golden Book special award.