To honor Arvo Pärt, one of the world's most remarkable and frequently performed composers alive today, the New York Choral Society, the Mannes School of Music at the New School, and the Arvo Pärt ...

The New York Choral Society (NYChoral) and NYChoral Orchestra under the baton of Music Director David Hayes will perform celebrated Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's 1985 composition Te Deum in ...

It is entirely too easy to look at the past and wonder where the greatness is today. In 1734 George Frideric Handel was composing operas at London's Covent Garden. Domenico Scarlatti was in Madrid, ...

This month, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is set to embark on an international tour, performing the music of Arvo Pärt in both the U.S. and China. On October 23 and 24, the Estonian ...

When Arvo Part composes in this style, he seems simply a voice through which the quiet sounds of the universe are made audible. It's performed by the Hilliard Ensemble. (Soundbite of music and choir) ...

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While firmly established as one of the most important instrumental composers of the Twentieth Century, Estonian Arvo Part (born 1935) fully distinguished himself as a choral composer. Since 1976, Pä²' ...

Famed Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's upcoming 90th birthday was marked at the prestigious BBC Proms festival last Thursday as conductor Tõnu Kaljuste and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Eesti ...

Hong Kong audiences will be able to see a performance of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir for the first time at this year's Arts Festival. 'To introduce the best of Estonian choral culture to ...

When Arvo Part wrote his choral piece "Summa," he considered it a liturgical work. Then he stripped away the words and rewrote it for instruments, but it maintained its liturgical character. Europa ...

The Sixteen perform music of composers born four centuries apart, both persecuted for their religious faith. William Byrd worked in the court of Elizabeth I but was a covert Catholic. Arvo Pärt (born ...