Arvo Pärt Centre
The Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa, Estonia, preserves and explores the composer’s creative legacy. Bringing together his personal archive, concerts, exhibitions and education, it welcomes musicians, researchers and anyone interested in his music.
About Arvo Pärt Centre
Founded by Arvo Pärt and his family in 2010, the Centre explores the composer’s life, work and ideas within their Estonian cultural context. Its purpose-built home opened in 2018, set among pine trees near the sea, around 35 kilometres from Tallinn.
At its core is an archive of manuscripts, compositional sketches, correspondence, photographs and recordings, documenting Pärt’s creative process and the international reception of his music. Researchers can consult materials through the Centre’s information system.
A 150-seat concert hall hosts performances and recordings, while talks, films, publications and educational activities offer different ways to engage with Pärt’s musical language. The library holds scores, musicological resources and books from Arvo and Nora Pärt’s personal collection.
Throughout the building and its surrounding landscape, visitors are invited to spend time listening and reflecting.
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A tour of the Arvo Pärt Centre with Michael Pärt. Located 40 minutes outside Tallinn, Estonia, in the middle of a pine forest, the Arvo Pärt Centre is equal parts cultural space, concert venue, creative environment, a tribute to, and an archive for the life’s work of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The building itself and the forest it sits in work together to create an atmosphere of peace, calm, and reflection – an atmosphere that directly inspired the sounds of Salu.