LAST month, the universe executed another of its capricious yin-yang maneuvers. Although now a black date on the calendar, 9/11 also happens to be the birthday of Arvo Part, that otherworldly composer ...

It has taken Estonian composer Arvo Part the best part of forty years to pen a new symphony, his fourth, called 'Los Angeles.' And at 75 next month, the composer was on hand to receive an ...

The new album of music by Arvo Pärt, Tractus, seems to put an arm around you and whisper, "In troubled times, music can help." Known for his serene, slow-moving music, the 88-year-old Estonian ...

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has long been the recording darling of Manfred Eicher and ECM Records. The label has released no fewer than eleven volumes of his music, including the record under current ...

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Since finding his artistic voice in the late 1960s, Arvo Pärt has opened a window into a world of spiritual ideals and aspirations, and attracted many fans along the way. The music on this new disc -- ...

Talented, urbane, and well-informed colleagues like John Kelman often make for a difficult act to follow. Kelman has long been the All About Jazz resident expert on all things ECM. Occasionally, his ...

Arvo Part says he found his musical voice by letting everything unimportant fall away. His heartfelt directness has made him one of today's best-loved composers. We'll hear a concert performance of ...

Emigrating from the Soviet Union to the West in January 1980 with his wife, Nora, and their two small sons, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was stopped by border police at the Brest railroad station ...

For his 90th birthday, the Arvo Pärt Center published a new collection of the Estonian maestro's witty musical greetings spanning nearly five decades. "Gratefully. Heartfelt. With Love. Musical ...

In a recent appearance on ETV's "Ringvaade," Estonian-Icelandic composer Anna Pärt shared stories about growing up in the Pärt family, including her grandfather, world-famous Estonian composer Arvo ...

The low-pitched drones, pinging bells and blossoming voices that populate the sacred choral and instrumental works on Tractus tend to lower my blood pressure. The music allows room to breathe deeply.