Arvo Pärt is the worldâs most performed living composer sixth year running
BY SILVER TAMBUR IN CULTURE ¡ JANUARY 10, 2017
The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has, for the sixth year in a row, been given the title of the âworldâs most performed living composerâ by the classical music event database, Bachtrack, Estonian World can disclose.
Bachtrack calculates a series of statistics each year that show the number of times the work of each composer has been performed, along with information regarding the âhardest-workingâ conductors, orchestras and most performed individual works.
Three compositions by Pärt featured in the âtop 10 contemporary worksâ list: âNunc dimittisâ, âThe Deerâs Cryâ, and âFratresâ.
Pärtâs music performed all over the world
In September, Arvo Pärt celebrated his 81st birthday with a new album launch. Called âThe Deerâs Cryâ, the album features the composerâs vocal pieces performed by Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and conducted by Jaan-Eik Tulve.
âPärtâs music is universal, and I think its message is received by Estonians much in the same way as any other people. But what makes it special for Estonians is the fact that heâs âone of usâ. Iâve always been moved by the loving way people look at him, whether in a concert hall or on the street,â Tulve said on Pärt.
âPärtâs music evokes such simple, yet profound emotions that listening to it is liberating and ablutionary. This has been proved time and again when we have performed his music at many concerts all over the world, to very different people,â Tulve added.
âThe Deerâs Cryâ was performed around the world in 2016 by Vox Clamantis, but also the UKâs choir, The Sixteen, that also performed Pärtâs âNunc dimittisâ. The Sixteen performed 33 concerts in a UK tour alone with that programme, exemplifying the sheer number of concerts where Pärtâs music is played.
--- "I consider it my greatest honour and privilege to have known and worked with the gentlest, most humble, beautiful person in the world, whose very soul comes out in his music." (Michelle Castelletti) ââââ-
Cover photo: Maestro Arvo Pärt after a long applause at the Carnegie Hall concert in New York, 31 May 2014. Photo by Eleri Ever.
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