According to the classical music event database, Bachtrack, the most performed contemporary composers in the world in 2019 were John Williams, Arvo Part, James MacMillan, Philip Glass, John Adams, Gyorgy Kurtag, Eric Whitacre, John Rutter, Thomas Ades and Steve Reich.
Bachtrack calculates a series of statistics each year that show the number of times the work of each composer has been performed. The most performed composers overall were Beethoven, Mozart, J.S. Bach, Brahms, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Haydn, Chopin and Mendelssohn.
Backtrack also publishes the statistics regarding the “hardest-working” conductors, orchestras and most performed individual works. Accordingly, Estonian Paavo Jarvi was the third busiest conductor in the world last year. The busiest was Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons.
Arvo Part was born in 1935 in Paide, Estonia. In 2018, a new centre, introducing Part’s creative heritage to both domestic and international visitors, opened its doors in Laulasmaa, Estonia.
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