Arvo Pärt receives Bundesverdienstkreuz
Montag, November 15, 2021 - 16:38
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Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has received the German Cross of Honor (Bundesverdienstkreuz). The famous composer's relationship has been a special one: in 1981 he fled to West-Berlin from what was then the Soviet Union.
Pärt will receive the medal from the German ambassador in Tallinn, Estonia.
source: https://www.br.de/nachrichten/meldung/komponist-arvo-paert-erhaelt-bunde...