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:
- Arvo Pärt
- John Williams
- John Adams
- Gyvörgy Kurtág
- Steve Reich
- Philip Glass
- James MacMillan
- Jörg Widmann
- Luca Luciano
- Eric Whitacre
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UPDATED: Arvo Pärt is the world’s most performed living composer sixth year running