Editing Arvo Pärt (section)

==Personal life==
He converted to Orthodox Christianity in 1972 upon marrying his second wife, Nora.<ref name= "NYT Robin"/>

In 1980, after a prolonged struggle with Soviet officials, he was allowed to emigrate with his wife and their two sons. He lived first in [[Vienna]], where he took Austrian citizenship, and then relocated to [[Berlin]] in 1981. He returned to Estonia around the turn of the 21st century and for a while lived alternately in Berlin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/.../swr2-musikstunde-20110427.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823164619/https://www.swr.de/swr2/.../swr2-musikstunde-20110427.pdf |url-status = dead|archive-date=23 August 2017 |title=Radio :: SWR2 |website= SWR.de |access-date=25 September 2014 }}</ref> and [[Tallinn]].<ref name = "playbill"/> He now resides in [[Laulasmaa]], about {{convert|35|km}} from Tallinn.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/19/arvo-part-the-symphonies-review-epic-journey-from-modernism-to-melodicism |title=Arvo Pärt: The Symphonies review – the Parts that make the whole |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=Andrew |last=Clements |date=19 April 2018 |access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> He speaks fluent German as a result of living in Germany from 1981.<ref>{{cite book| first= P.| last= Hillier| title= Arvo Pärt| year= 1997| page= 33| publisher= | isbn= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/arvo-p%C3%A4rt-special-1-how-sacred-music-scooped-interview |title=Arvo Pärt Special 1: How Sacred Music Scooped an Interview| website= theartsdesk.com| publisher= | access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| first= P.|last= Bohlman| title= The Music of European Nationalism: Cultural Identity and Modern History| publisher= |page= 75| isbn= }}</ref>

In 2010, the Pärt family established the [[Arvo Pärt Centre]], an institution responsible for maintaining his personal archive, in the village of Laulasmaa. A new building of the centre opened to the visitors on 17 October 2018, containing a concert hall, a library, and research facilities. The centre also offers educational programmes for children and operates as an international information centre on Pärt's life and work.<ref name= APC>{{cite web |url=https://www.arvopart.ee/en/arvo-part-centre/about-the-centre/ |title=About the Centre |work=[[Arvo Pärt Centre]] |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref>

In April 2020, although Pärt rarely gives interviews, he spoke to the Spanish newspaper [[ABC (newspaper)|''ABC'']] about the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], stating that it was a "mega [[fasting|fast]]" and reminded him to follow the example of [[John Updike]], who "once said that he tried to work with the same calm as the masters of the [[Middle Ages]], who carved the church pews in places where it was impossible to see them".<ref name= virus>{{cite news | first= Inés Martín |last= Rodrigo |title=Arvo Pärt: 'El virus demuestra que somos un único organismo' |trans-title=Arvo Pärt: 'The virus shows that we are a single organism' |date=7 April 2020 |url= https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/abci-arvo-part-este-minusculo-virus-demuestra-humanos-solo-somos-organismo-mas-202004040038_noticia.html |language=es}}</ref>