Arvo Pärt vs Dan Shechtman
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Compare the life timelines of Arvo Pärt (1935–present) and Dan Shechtman (1941–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 85 years, from 1941 to 2026.
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Arvo Pärt (1935–present)
- — Born in Paide, Estonia Verified
- — Worked as a sound engineer at Estonian Radio Verified
- — Graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory Verified
- — Married Nora Pärt Verified
- — Composed Für Alina, the first tintinnabuli work Verified
- — Composed Fratres, Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel Verified
- — Emigrated from Soviet Estonia to Vienna Verified
- — Moved to West Berlin Verified
- — Returned to live in Estonia Verified
- — Arvo Pärt Centre opened in Laulasmaa Verified
Dan Shechtman (1941–present)
- — Born in Tel Aviv, then in Mandatory Palestine Verified
- — Earned a BSc in mechanical engineering from the Technion Verified
- — Held a research fellowship at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio Verified
- — Completed a PhD in materials engineering at the Technion Verified
- — Joined the faculty of materials engineering at the Technion Verified
- — Observed a tenfold electron diffraction pattern while on sabbatical in the United States Verified
- — Published the discovery of quasicrystals in Physical Review Letters Verified
- — Awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Stood as a candidate in the Israeli presidential election Verified