Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Arvo Part |
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Birthdate | September 11, 1935 |
Birth Place | Estonia |
Age (in 2024) | 89 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Composer |
Arvo Part is best known as Composer who has born on September 11, 1935 in Estonia. Currently, Arvo Part is 89 years, 3 months and 2 days old. Arvo Part will celebrate 90th birthday on Thursday, 11th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Arvo Part upcoming birthday.
Celebrated composer of classical and sacred music. He was known for his self-invented compositional technique tintinnabuli. His tintinnabuli technique resembled the ringing of bells and was best displayed in his composition "Spiegel im Spiegel" from 1978.
He translated the style of minimalism into sacred music, composing well-known instrumental works that became a part of the New Simplicity movement.
He was the most performed contemporary composer in the world in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
His family was residing in Paide, Järva County, Estonia, when he was born. His differences with the Soviet government forced him to immigrate first to Vienna and then to Berlin.
His "Spiegel im Spiegel" was used in many films, including 2002's "Swept Away," directed by Guy Ritchie.
Arvo Part is 89 years old today.
Arvo Part was born on September 11, 1935 in Estonia.
Arvo Part zodiac sign is Virgo.
Arvo Part was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Arvo Part's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1982 | The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces. |
1989 | Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany. |
1990 | A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru. |
1991 | Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew. |
1992 | Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai and Oahu. |
1997 | NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. |
1997 | Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait. |
1997 | After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom. |
2001 | The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,996 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. |
2007 | Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs. |
2008 | A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months. |
2011 | A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members. |
2012 | A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan. |
2012 | The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths. |
2015 | A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others. |
1984 | The birth of Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player |
1985 | The birth of Shaun Livingston, American basketball player |
1985 | The birth of Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player |
1986 | The birth of Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player |
1987 | The birth of Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Tyler Hoechlin, American actor |
1988 | The birth of Mike Moustakas, American baseball player |
1990 | The birth of Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Jarrod Croker, Australian rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Rhema Obed, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Kygo, Norwegian DJ |
1992 | The birth of Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower |
1993 | The birth of Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer |
1997 | The birth of Harmony Tan, French tennis player |
2012 | The death of Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (b. 1945) |
2012 | The death of Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (b. 1972) |
2012 | The death of J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (b. 1960) |
2013 | The death of Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (b. 1947) |
2013 | The death of Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1941) |
2014 | The death of Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Donald Sinden, English actor (b. 1923) |
2016 | The death of Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (b. 1969) |
2019 | The death of B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (b. 1936) |
2020 | The death of Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. 1942) |
2022 | The death of Javier MarÃas, Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (b. 1951) |
2022 | The death of John W. O'Malley, American academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest (b. 1927) |
2022 | The death of Joyce Reynolds, British classicist and academic (b. 1918) |
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