Estonian World / Silver Tambur

 

The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has, for the sixth year in a row, been given the title of the “world’s most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, Bachtrack, Estonian World can disclose.

Bachtrack calculates a series of statistics each year that show the number of times the work of each composer has been performed, along with information regarding the “hardest-working” conductors, orchestras and most performed individual works.

Top 10 contemporary composers:

  1. Arvo Pärt
  2. John Williams
  3. John Adams
  4. Gyvörgy Kurtág
  5. Steve Reich
  6. Philip Glass
  7. James MacMillan
  8. Jörg Widmann
  9. Luca Luciano
  10. Eric Whitacre

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UPDATED: Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer sixth year running