Estonian music producer and editor

Musical artist

Michael Pärt (sometimes spelled Michael Paert, Estonian pronunciation::, born 17 August 1977) is an Estonian music producer and music editor.

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

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Film music
  • 1.2 Arvo Pärt Centre
• 2 References
• 3 External links

Biography

Michael Pärt was born as a younger son of cl*ical composer Arvo Pärt and his wife Nora. In 1980 the family had to leave the Soviet Union on political reasons. 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.

Film music

He has worked together with several notable people of music and film, including Icelandic singer Björk, composers Danny Elfman, Alexandre Desplat, and Howard S*, and film directors Peter Jackson, Francis Ford Coppola, and Tom Hooper.

His most recent film projects as music editor were Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl (2015) and Justin Chadwick's Tulip Fever (2017).

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.

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.

References

External links

• Official website
• Michael Pärt at IMDb