Arvo Pärt
Born: 11th September 1935, Paide, Jarva County, Estonia
Nationality: Estonian
Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. His most performed works include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and Für Alina (1976). From 2011 to 2018, and again in 2022, Pärt was the most performed living composer in the world, and the second most performed in 2019, after John Williams.
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Composer Spotlight: Arvo Pärt
6th Feb 2026
Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer and the inventor of the compositional technique tintinnabuli. Until the end of March, all Universal Edition publications are 25% off, including over 180 Arvo Pärt works.
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Popular Works: Pärt
- Adagio (after Mozart) (2)
- Adam’s Lament for choir and string orchestra (2)
- An den Wassern (3)
- Anthem of St John the Baptist (2)
- arbos (2)
- Beatus Petronius (3)
- Berliner Messe (3)
- Cantate Domine canticum novum (Psalm 95) (3)
- Cantique des degrès for Choir and Orchestra (2)
- Cecilia, vergine romana for mixed choir and orchestra (2)
- Credo (6)
- Da pacem Domine (8)
- De profundis (3)
- Estonian Lullaby for female choir and string orchestra (2)
- Fratres for 4, 8, or 12 Cellos (2)
- Fratres for Percussion (2)
- Gebet nach dem Kanon / Prayer after the Canon / Prière après le Canon (2)
- Kanon Pokajanen (2)
- L'Abbé Agathon for soprano, baritone, female choir and string orchestra (4)
- Litany (2)
- Littlemore Tractus (3)
- Magnificat, Beatitudines (2)
- Mein weg hat Gipfel und Wennentaler (2)
- Missa syllabica (4)
- Most Holy Mother of God (2)
- Pari intervallo (3)
- Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 10 (2)
- Salve Regina (3)
- Seven Magnificat Antiphons (2)
- Solfeggio (4)
- Songs from Childhood (Lapsepõlve Lood) (2)
- Spiegel im Spiegel (11)
- Stabat Mater (4)
- Statuit ei Dominus (3)
- Summa (12)
- Tabula Rasa (3)
- The Beatitudes (2)
- Ukuaru valss (2)
- Vater Unser (3)
- Veni creator (3)
