
Michael Pärt
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1977-08-17 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Michael Pärt
Biography
Michael Pärt (sometimes spelled Michael Paert, Estonian pronunciation: [ˈpær̺t], born August 17, 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.
Michael Pärt was born as a younger son of classical composer Arvo Pärt and his wife Nora. In 1980 the family left the Soviet Union for 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.
He has worked together with several notable people of music and film, including Icelandic singer Björk, composers Danny Elfman, Alexandre Desplat, and Howard Shore, and film directors Peter Jackson, Francis Ford Coppola, and Tom Hooper.
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.
Known For
Crew
(2020)
Dawn of War
Music Producer
(2017)
Tulip Fever
Music Editor
(2015)
The Danish Girl
Music Editor
(2015)
Secret Society of Souptown
Music Editor
(2012)
Wide Blue Yonder
Music Editor
(2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Music Editor
(2008)
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Music Producer
(2007)
Two Worlds
Music Editor
(2007)
Youth Without Youth
Music Editor
(2007)
Eichmann
Music Editor
(2005)
LazyTown’s New Superhero
Sound Editor
(2003)
Macabre Case of Prompiram
Sound, Music Editor
(2003)
In Search of an Impotent Man
Music Editor
(2003)
Luther
Music Editor, Music Producer
(2002)
Two Men Went To War
Music Editor
(2001)
The Legend of Suriyothai
Music Supervisor, Music Editor