Michael_Pärt

Michael Pärt

Michael Pärt

Estonian music producer and editor

Michael Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈpær̺t], born 17 August 1977) is an Estonian music producer and music editor.

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Since 2010 he is chairman of the board of the Arvo Pärt Centre.[1] He also owns the music editing company Michael Pärt Musik.[2]

Biography

Michael Pärt was born as the younger son of classical composer Arvo Pärt and his wife Nora. In 1980 the family left the Soviet Union for political reasons.[3] Michael Pärt spent his childhood and youth in Austria, Germany, and the United Kingdom before returning to Estonia in 2008.

He holds a Master's degree in Music for Composing for Film and TV with distinction from Kingston University in London.[4]

Film and music

He has worked with several notable people within the music and film industries, including Icelandic singer Björk,[5] composers Danny Elfman, Alexandre Desplat, and Howard Shore,[6] and directors Peter Jackson,[7] Francis Ford Coppola, and Tom Hooper.[citation needed]

His most recent[as of?] film projects working as a music editor were Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl (2015) and Justin Chadwick's Tulip Fever (2017).[8]

Additionally, he contributed to award-winning projects such as the BAFTA-winning LazyTown and the Grammy-nominated albums Volta and Vulnicura by Björk and Neon Bible by Arcade Fire.[9]

Arvo Pärt Centre

In 2008 Michael Pärt returned to Estonia to establish the Arvo Pärt Centre which he chairs. The foundation preserves Arvo Pärt's creative contribution to the arts for future generations.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Board". Arvo Pärt Centre. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Michael Pärt Musik". Telliskivi Creative City. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Biography". Arvo Pärt Centre. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Michael Pärt". Arvo Pärt Centre. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Michael Pärt – suure muusika taustajõud - Eesti Ekspress - Uudised, Eesti, Maailm, Ilm, Meelelahutus, Video, Raadio- & Telesaade, Arvamuslood". Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  6. [6]
    "Postimees: ETV: Helilooja Howard Shore lindistab Tallinnas filmimuusikat". Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
  7. [7]
    "Michael Pärt takes care of the film's soul". Estonian World. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  8. [8]
    Michael Pärt at IMDb
  9. [9]
    "Arcade Fire". pastemagazine.com. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Arvo Pärdi poeg rajab Laulasmaale kuulsa isa arhiivi". Postimees. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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