Estonia’s Classical Radio created a survey to find out which is the favorite Estonian classical album. Four albums by Maestro Arvo Pärt made it to top ten.

The Estonian composer has written some of the world’s most performed contemporary classical music. Many fans may not realize ...

It is now hard to hear Tabula Rasa without the ensuing context which has evolved; to hear it afresh. For anyone who fancies listening to Tabula Rasa as music rather than part of a continuum, this ...

Arvo Pärt & Shostakovich sees ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti and Principal Violin Satu Vänskä take centre stage in one of the most intoxicating pieces of music from the 20th century ...

Tabula Rasa ("clean slate") seeks spirituality and independence. Written while Estonia was under Soviet control, Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa is a concerto for two violins, strings and a prepared piano ...

Two of Scotland's foremost performing groups, Scottish Ensemble and Vanishing Point, present a co-production that sets Arvo Pärt's spiritual and mesmeric Tabula Rasa (as well as Spiegel im ...

Artistic Director Richard Tognetti leads the Australian Chamber Orchestra through performances of Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa and Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony ...

Continua la stretta associazione tra il compositore estone Arvo Pärt e l'etichetta tedesca ECM, che a partire dal 1984, anno della pubblicazione del suo Tabula Rasa, gli ha dato una notorietà ...

The music of Estonian composer Arvo Part is at the forefront of this collaboration between Matthew Lenton’s Vanishing Point and the Scottish Ensemble. The acknowledged significance of Part’s ...

Arvo Pärt's music offered consolation during some of the darkest moments of the 1980s. As Tabula Rasa, a collaborative show by Vanishing Point and Scottish Ensemble featuring his music, comes ...

It was Eicher and Pärt who inaugurated ECM's New Series imprint with Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa (ECM 1275 NS) in 1984. While addressing Pärt's contributions, Kelman also highlights the superb programming ...

Pierce hasn’t been alone in declaring a fidelity to Pärt. In 2009, former Public Image Ltd bassist Jah Wobble cited Pärt as his choice of Sunday morning music. He was moved to tears while listening.