The most famous Estonian and most performed living composer in the world turns 80 today.
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Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. |
Björk interviews Arvo Pärt for the BBC program 'Modern Minimalists' (1997)