A year before leaving, he won first prize in the All-Union Young Composers' Competition for a children's cantata, Our Garden, and an oratorio, Stride of the World. Pärt started work as a recording engineer with Estonian Radio, wrote music for the stage and received numerous commissions for film scores so that, by the time he graduated from the Conservatory in 1963, he could already be considered a professional composer. He returned to Middle School for a year before joining the Tallinn Conservatory in 1957, where his composition teacher was Professor Heino Eller. His musical studies began in 1954 at the Tallinn Music Secondary School, interrupted less than a year later while he fulfilled his National Service obligation as oboist and side-drummer in an army band. Pärt has been the most performed living composer in the world for 5 consecutive years.Īrvo Pärt was born in Paide, Järva County, Estonia. His music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His musical studies began in 1954 at the Tallinn Music Secondary School Read Full Bio Arvo Pärt (11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and sacred music. Arvo Pärt (11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and sacred music.
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