Michael Pärt
{{short description|Estonian music producer and editor}}
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| origin = Tallinn, Estonia
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| genre = Soundtrack
| occupation = Music producer
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Michael Pärt ({{IPA|et|ˈpær̺t}}, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.arvopart.ee/en/arvo-part-centre/about-the-centre/team/board/|title=Board|date=|website=Arvo Pärt Centre|accessdate=11 December 2019}} He also owns the music editing company Michael Pärt Musik.{{cite web|url=https://telliskivi.cc/businesses/michael-part-musik/|title=Michael Pärt Musik|website=Telliskivi Creative City|accessdate=11 December 2019}}
Biography
Michael Pärt was born as the younger son of classical composer Arvo Pärt and his wife Nora. In 1980 the family left the Soviet Union for political reasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.arvopart.ee/en/arvo-part/biography/|title=Biography|website=Arvo Pärt Centre|accessdate=11 December 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.arvopart.ee/en/arvo-part-centre/team/michael-part/|title=Michael Pärt|website=Arvo Pärt Centre|accessdate=11 December 2019}}
=Film and music=
He has worked with several notable people within the music and film industries, including Icelandic singer Björk,{{Cite web |url=http://www.ekspress.ee/2008/02/28/kultuur/1379-michael-part--suure-muusika-taustajoud |title=Michael Pärt – suure muusika taustajõud - Eesti Ekspress - Uudised, Eesti, Maailm, Ilm, Meelelahutus, Video, Raadio- & Telesaade, Arvamuslood |access-date=25 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204102240/http://www.ekspress.ee/2008/02/28/kultuur/1379-michael-part--suure-muusika-taustajoud |archive-date=4 December 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} composers Danny Elfman, Alexandre Desplat, and Howard Shore,{{cite web |url=http://www.postimees.ee/280408/esileht/kultuur/326991.php?etv-helilooja-howard-shore-lindistab-tallinnas-filmimuusikat |title=Postimees: ETV: Helilooja Howard Shore lindistab Tallinnas filmimuusikat |accessdate=28 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502113739/http://www.postimees.ee/280408/esileht/kultuur/326991.php?etv-helilooja-howard-shore-lindistab-tallinnas-filmimuusikat |archivedate=2 May 2008}} and directors Peter Jackson,{{cite web|url=http://estonianworld.com/culture/interview-producer-michael-part-takes-care-of-the-films-soul/|title=Michael Pärt takes care of the film's soul|date=12 March 2015|website=Estonian World|accessdate=2 February 2019}} Francis Ford Coppola, and Tom Hooper.{{fact|date=December 2019}}
His most recent{{as of when|date=June 2022}} film projects working as a music editor were Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl (2015) and Justin Chadwick's Tulip Fever (2017).{{IMDb name|id=1622501}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/04/arcade-fire.html|title=Arcade Fire|website=pastemagazine.com|date=7 May 2007 |accessdate=2 February 2019}}
=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.postimees.ee/176392/arvo-pardi-poeg-rajab-laulasmaale-kuulsa-isa-arhiivi|title=Arvo Pärdi poeg rajab Laulasmaale kuulsa isa arhiivi|date=17 October 2009|website=Postimees|accessdate=2 February 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.paert.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|id=1622501}}
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Category:Musicians from Tallinn
Category:Estonian record producers
Category:Waldorf school alumni
Category:Alumni of Kingston University