Arvo Pärt
Estonian composer
Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer. 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 and 2025, Pärt was the most performed living composer in the world. The Arvo Pärt Centre, in Laulasmaa, was opened to the public in 2018.
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Works
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- Perpetuum mobile, op. 10 1963 Orchestral
- Te Deum, for double chorus, strings, prepared piano, and tape 1985 Vocal
- 7 Magnificat Antiphons 1989 Vocal
- Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen 1989
- Nunc dimittis 2001 Vocal
- Adam's Lament, for chorus and orchestra 2009 Vocal
- 2 Slavic Psalms, for chorus or soloists Vocal
- 2 hällilaulu
- 2 slawische Psalmen
- Alleluja Tropus, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
- An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weinten, for soloists or chorus and organ Vocal
- An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weinten, for trombone and chamber orchestra Orchestral
- And One of the Pharisees, for 3 voices or chorus Vocal
- Annum per annum Keyboard
- Arbos, for 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, and percussion Chamber
- Arbos, for 7 recorders and 3 triangles ad lib Chamber
- Beatus Petronius, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
- Berliner Messe
- Bogoróditse dyévo Vocal
- Cantate Domino, for chorus and organ Vocal
- Cantique des degrés, for choir and orchestra Vocal
- Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra and bell Orchestral
- Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
- Cecilia, vergine romana, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
- Christmas Lullaby, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
- Collage over B-A-C-H, for strings, oboe, harpsichord, and piano Chamber
- Collage sur B-A-C-H, for oboe, string orchestra, harpsichord, and piano Orchestral
- Como cierva sedienta
- Concerto piccolo over B-A-C-H, for trumpet, strings, harpsichord and piano Orchestral
- Credo, for chorus, piano, and orchestra Vocal
- Da pacem Domine Vocal
- De Profundis Vocal
- Dopo la vittoria: Little cantata Vocal
- Es sang vor langen Jahren, for countertenor, violin, and viola Vocal
- Estonian Lullaby, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
- Festina lente, for strings and harp ad lib Orchestral
- Fratres, for strings and percussion Orchestral
- Für Alina Keyboard
- Für Anna Maria Keyboard
- Für Lennart in memoriam Orchestral
- Greater Antiphons
- I Am the True Vine Vocal
- In principio, for mixed chorus and orchestra Vocal
- Kaks sonatiini, op. 1
- Kanon Pokajanen Vocal
- Kuus, kuus kallike, Estonian lullaby for 2 voices and ensemble Vocal
- L'Abbé Agathon, soloists, chorus and orchestra Vocal
- La Sindone Orchestral
- Lamentate, for piano and orchestra Orchestral
- Litany, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra Vocal
- Littlemore Tractus, for chorus and organ Vocal
- Meie aed, op. 3
- Mein Weg hat Gipfel und Wellentäler Keyboard
- Mein Weg, for 14 strings and percussion Chamber
- Memento Vocal
- Miserere, for soloists, chorus, chamber ensemble, and organ Vocal
- Missa brevis
- Missa sillabica Vocal
- Morning Star, for chorus Vocal
- Most Holy Mother of God Vocal
- Mozart-Adagio, for violin, cello and piano Chamber
- My Heart's in the Highlands, for chorus and organ Vocal
- Navigaator Pirx
- O-Antiphonen
- Orient and Occident, for string orchestra Orchestral
- Pari intervallo Keyboard
- Partita, op. 2 Keyboard
- Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem Vocal
- Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and organ Vocal
- Peace Upon You, Jerusalem, for chorus Vocal
- Piano Sonatine, op. 1, no. 1 Keyboard
- Piano Sonatine, op. 1, no. 2 Keyboard
- Pro et contra: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Orchestral
- Psalom, for string orchestra Orchestral
- Quintettino, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, op. 13 Chamber
- Salve regina, for chorus and organ Vocal
- Sarah Was Ninety Years Old, for soprano, 2 tenors, organ, and percussion Vocal
- Sei gelobt, du Baum, for baritone and early music ensemble Vocal
- Silouans Song, for string orchestra Orchestral
- Solfeggio Vocal
- Spiegel im spiegel Vocal
- Stabat Mater, for choir and string orchestra Vocal
- Statuit ei Dominus, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
- Summa Vocal
- Symphony no. 1, op. 9, "Polyphonic" Orchestral
- Symphony no. 2 Orchestral
- Symphony no. 3 Orchestral
- Symphony no. 4 Orchestral
- Sümfoonia nr. 2
- Sümfoonia nr. 3
- Sümfoonia nr. 4 "Los Angeles"
- Tabula rasa: Concerto for 2 violins, prepared piano and strings Orchestral
- Tantsud muusikast lastenäidenditele
- The Beatitudes, for chorus and organ Vocal
- The Deer's Cry, for chorus Vocal
- The Woman with the Alabaster Box Vocal
- Tribute to Caesar Vocal
- Triodion Vocal
- Trisagion, for string orchestra Orchestral
- Trivium Keyboard
- Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka
- Variations for the Healing of Arinushka Keyboard
- Vater unser Vocal
- Veni creator, for chorus and organ Vocal
- Viis laulu lastele, op. 6
- Wenn Bach Bienen gezuchtet hatte, for wind quintet, piano, string orchestra and percussion Orchestral
- Which Was the Son of…
Box sets & recent recordings
- Arvo Pärt: Complete Symphonies — Arvo Pärt, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen (2026) Spotify
- Arvo Pärt: The Originals — Arvo Pärt (2024) Spotify
- Arvo Pärt: Diagrams. Complete Piano Music — Arvo Pärt, Tähe-Lee Liiv, Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann (2023) Spotify
- Pärt: Tabula Rasa — Arvo Pärt, Renaud Capuçon, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (2021) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.