Background
He is the son of classical composer Arvo Päroute
He is the son of classical composer Arvo Päroute
Michael Pärt is an award-nominated music producer and music editor, who has gained renown in the music and film communities by working closely with Oscarand Grammy-winning artists, and with Icelandic megastar Björk, film director Francis Ford Coppola, composer Howard Shore, and film director and Prince of Thailand Chatrichalerm Yukol among others He has contributed to award-winning projects such as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts-winning LazyTown and the Grammy-nominated albums Volta by Björk and Neon Bible by Arcade Fire. Michael Pärt was born in Tallinn, Estonia, on August 17, 1977.
Michael was exposed to music from a very young age, and having grown up in a musical family where everyone was always actively involved in creating music, studying music was a natural route for him to take.
After graduating top of his class, Michael Pärt holds a Masters in Music with distinction from Kingston University in London. Music has taken Michael Pärt around the globe many times over.
Since around 2000 he has been using his creativity to structure workflows and lead and motivate production in music and film, while also contributing directly as producer, editor and more. He has experience of both classical music, with orchestral and ensemble-work, and of contemporary and popular music
In 2008 he returned to Estonia, the homeland of his father and the country where he was born, to establish the International Arvo Pärt Centre, which he chairs.
The foundation preserves Arvo Pärt’s creative contribution to the arts for future generations and ensures that they can learn from him. His most recent work took him to New Zealand, where he worked as the Music Editor for Howard Shore on Peter Jackson"s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.