Arvo Pärt, the internationally acclaimed composer, is to receive the Goethe Medal, one of Germany’s most prestigious cultural honours, becoming the first Estonian to be awarded the distinction. Pärt, one of the world’s most performed living composers and the creator of the meditative tintinnabuli style, will receive the award alongside the Italian translator Anita Raja and the Greek theatre director Prodromos Tsinikoris. The medal will be presen…
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Internationally acclaimed composer Arvo Pärt will receive the Goethe Medal, one of Germany's most prestigious cultural awards. He will become the first Estonian to receive the award.