Arvo Pärt collects his ‘Nobel’ prize

Arvo Pärt collects his ‘Nobel’ prize

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norman lebrecht

October 15, 2014

The Estonian composer was awarded the Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo today by Japan’s Prince Hitachi.

The prize, worth 110,000 Euros, is sometimes known as the Nobel of the arts.

arvo part praemium imperiale

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Comments

  • Boring Fileclerk says:
    October 15, 2014 at 5:38 pm

    Long over due, and well deserved!

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  • Ks. Christopher Robson says:
    October 15, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    Like 🙂

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  • Rob van der Hilst says:
    October 17, 2014 at 9:14 am

    Gloria, Laus et Honor!

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