Arvo Pärt looming
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.
Music example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFPdBUl7XQ
Awards
2010 Honorary Doctor of Music, University of St Andrews
2011 Chevalier (Knight) of Légion d'honneur
2011 Membership of the Pontifical Council for Culture
2013 Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
2014 Recipient of the Praemium Imperiale award, Japan
2014 Honorary Doctor of Sacred Music, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
2016 Honorary Doctor of Music, University of Oxford
2017 Ratzinger Prize
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