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Representatives of St. Vladimir’s Seminary visit the Arvo Pärt Centre
In connection with the upcoming composer's concert series in the USA at the end of May, the Arvo Pärt Centre was visited on 14 March by Dr. Peter C. Bouteneff and Dr. Nicholas Reeves from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.Read more -
Historic meeting at Zürich Tonhalle
On 4 March an extraordinary event – the first meeting of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Arvo Pärt – took place in Zürich.Read more -
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.Read more -
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.Read more -
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.Read more -
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.Read more -
Arvo Pärt’s “Adam’s Lament”, conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, has won a Grammy for the Best Choral Performance
Winners in the 56th Grammy Awards were announced tonight at Los Angeles Staples Centre.Read more -
71 applications submitted for the international two-stage architectural design contest of building for Arvo Pärt Centre
Yesterday, January 22 at 16 pm was the deadline of submitting documents for the first stage of international two-stage architectural design contest of building for Arvo Pärt Centre.Read more -
Arvo Pärt continues to be the most performed composer in 2013 according to Bachtrack.com
According to the recently published analysis for 2013 by the largest classical event database Bachtrack.com based in the UK, Arvo Pärt was listed the most performed living composer in the world for the third consecutive year.Read more -
Arvo Pärt Centre architectural competition
The competition for designing a new building for the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa, near Tallinn, is currently under way.Read more -
50 years since the premiere of „Perpetuum Mobile“
On 13 December 2013, fifty years passed since the premiere of Arvo Pärt's "Perpetuum Mobile".Read more -
Liberal arts seminar series on Arvo Pärt at University of Tartu
In connection with its Liberal Arts professorship, during the current academic year the University of Tartu will hold a series of seminars on Arvo Pärt titled "Word and Music" led by Prof. Toomas Siitan from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.Read more