Upcoming Arvo Pärt conference at Southbank Centre, London
13 September 2010

Arvo Pärt conference: Soundtrack of an age
24 - 25 September 2010
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
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Happy 75th birthday, maestro!
11 September 2010

Recording of Symphony no. 4 «Los Angeles» available on ECM
05 September 2010

The CD of Arvo Pärt's Symphony no. 4 «Los Angeles» is available from Amazon UK and Amazon US
Arvo Pärt Festival under way
25 August 2010
Organised in collaboration with the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert, the City of Paide, the City of Rakvere and Estonian Public Broadcasting, and coinciding with the composer's 75th birthday on 11 September, the Arvo Pärt Festival 2010 is under way in the cities of Tallinn, Paide and Rakvere, in the Estonian Republic. The festival will culminate in two concerts on 11 September in Paide (12pm) and Rakvere (7pm), which will feature Symphony no. 3 and Our Garden. See the Nargen Festival website for more details.
World Premiere of «Adam's Lament»
20 May 2010
Arvo Pärt's new work "Adam's Lament" will have its world premiere on 7 June 2010 (8pm) at the 38th International Istanbul Music Festival. "Adam's Lament" was commissioned jointly by the 2010 and 2011 European Capitals of Culture, Istanbul and Tallinn. The piece will be performed by the Borusan İstanbul Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Vox Clamantis. The composer will be presented with the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award before the concert. Another concert on 11 June 2010 (8pm), Homage a Schumann and Pärt, will feature the Turkish premiere of Pärt's "Symphony no. 4 "Los Angeles", performed by the Akbank Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Cem Mansur, and the cellist Antonio Meneses. There will be a pre-concert lecture in Turkish with Cem Mansur on "Schumann and Pärt" at 7pm at the Hagia Eirene Museum Cloisters.