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Arvo Pärt was born in Estonia in 1935 and educated at the Academy of Music in Tallinn. Despite growing up in the Soviet Union Pärt was inspired by western modernistic music in the 1960s. Following intense studies of music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance music Arvo Pärt found his own style characterised by beauty and simplicity, as can be experienced in Fratres, Summa and Tabula Rasa (all 1977). Since then a number of major works have followed, such as Te Deum (1984) and Miserere, where a strong piety stemming from the Orthodox Church becomes clear. In later years the classical symphony orchestra began to play a greater role in Arvo Pärt’s music. An example of this is Lamentate (2002) for piano and orchestra, which was performed by the DR Danish National Symphony Orchestra on Arvo Pärt's last visit to Denmark in 2005. The exhibition is open until 30 May. Opening hours are Monday - Thursday from 10.00 - 16.30 and Friday from 10.00 - 15.30. The exhibition is organised in partnership with the Estonian Embassy and the Nordic Region in Focus |
Arvo Pärt - famous and unknown
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On 22 May Arvo Pärt will be presented with the Léonie Sonning Music Prize at a concert with the DR Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the DR Danish National Choir. To mark the occasion an exhibition on the Estonian composer’s music and life is being staged in the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Gallery, Store Strandstræde 18, Copenhagen. The Estonian Ambassador to Denmark, Meelike Palli, will open the exhibition on 29 April at 15.00. The exhibition poster describes Arvo Pärt as both famous and unknown. He is well-known amongst musical experts but probably not famous among the general public. |