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On 20 November, a cordial meeting took place at Laulasmaa – the artist-engraver Viktor Kuik gave Arvo Pärt a silver medal, created in his honour.

The laureates for the PÖFF Lifetime Achievement Award were announced at the opening ceremony of the 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

Juta Kurman's private collection from 1980–2006 reached the Arvo Pärt Centre.

At the beginning of October, a large collection of photos and videos from Eric Marinitsch arrived to the Arvo Pärt Centre.

From 22-24 October, the eight edition of the contemporary music festival „Nostalgia“ in Poland, Poznań will be entirely dedicated to the music of Arvo Pärt.

Next Wednesday, on 21 October, the Arvo Pärt Centre together with Universal Edition will present “Songs from Childhood” at the renowned Dussmann KulturKaufhaus in Berlin.

On 6 October, Estonian Public Broadcasting together with the Arvo Pärt Centre and the Children’s Music Studio of Estonian Radio will release a new disc entitled “Songs from Childhood” introducing a selection of children’s songs and piano pieces composed by Arvo Pärt.

On 10 September, the head of ECM Records, music producer Manfred Eicher presented a brand new collection of Arvo Pärt's works, 'Musica Selecta’ .

The series “Week-end” organised by the Philharmonie de Paris will dedicate their 19 and 20 September events to the work of Arvo Pärt.

The grand final concert of the largest festival of classical music in Europe BBC Proms on 12 September features Arvo Pärt’s music.

From 5 to 11 September, an exhibition "Hommage to Arvo Pärt" is open at the St. Katherine's church in Tallinn by the Estonian Leatherwork Artists Union.

Universal Edition, the main publishing company for Pärt's works, has been publishing a new online magazine, MusikSalon, since early 2015, and the entire third issue of this new publication has been dedicated to Arvo Pärt.