Latvian Composer
1. Kārlis Baumanis (1835)
Latvian Composer
Best known for composing "Dievs, svētī Latviju!," the Lavian national anthem.
2. Emīls Dārziņš (1875)
Latvian Composer
Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic whose only opera "RožainÄs dienas" remained unfinished at the time of his death at age 34. His work emulated both romanticism and nationalism.
3. Imants Kalniņš (1941)
Latvian Composer
One of the greatest composers in the history of Latvian music. He wrote six symphonies and several operas during his career that spanned several decades.
4. Imants Zemzaris (1951)
Latvian Composer
Imants Zemzaris is a Latvian composer and teacher. His family is famous in Latvia due to his grandfather Janis Endzelins. A native of Riga he studied in Emils Darzins Music...
5. Rihards Dubra (1964)
Latvian Composer
Rihards Dubra is a Latvian composer. Several of his works are religious influenced including a Te Deum and an Alma Redemptoris Mater for soprano saxophone choir and organ. Rihards Dubra...
6. Jānis Ivanovs (1906)
Latvian Composer
Jānis Ivanovs was a Soviet Latvian classical music composer. In 1931 he graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. In 1944 he joined the conservatory's faculty becoming a full...
7. Uģis Prauliņš (1957)
Latvian Composer
Uģis Prauliņš is a Latvian composer whose choral work Missa Rigensis was recorded by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge the Riga Cathedral Boys Choir and has been performed in...
8. Georgs Pelēcis (1947)
Latvian Composer
Georgs Pelēcis is a Latvian composer and musicologist. He is currently a Professor at the Latvian Academy of Music.