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Peteris Vasks was born on 16 April, 1946 in Aizpute, Latvia, is a Latvian composer. Discover Peteris Vasks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Occupation composer, double bassist
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 16 April 1946
Birthday 16 April
Birthplace Aizpute, Latvia
Nationality Latvia

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1946

Pēteris Vasks (born 16 April 1946) is a Latvian composer.

Vasks was born in Aizpute, Latvia, into the family of a Baptist pastor.

He trained as a violinist at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, as a double-bass player with Vitautas Sereikaan at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, and played in several Latvian orchestras before entering the State Conservatory in Vilnius in the neighboring Lithuania to study composition with Valentin Utkin, as he was prevented from doing this in Latvia due to Soviet repressive policy toward Baptists.

1979

Other important works include Cantabile (1979) and Musica dolorosa (1984) and "Bass Trip" (2003) for solo double bass.

1984

Vasks feels strongly about environmental issues, and a sense of nature both Pristine and destroyed can be found in many of his works, such as the String Quartet No. 2 (1984).

1989

Later works included elements of Latvian folk music, such as his gentle and pastoral cor anglais concerto (1989).

His works are generally extremely clear and communicative, with a solid and muscular sense of harmony.

Lyrical passages may be followed by agitated dissonances, or interrupted by sombre sections with a march-like feel.

He made extensive use of minimalist techniques as well, but never became attached to any particular method.

1990

He started to become known outside Latvia in the 1990s, when Gidon Kremer started championing his works and now is one of the most influential and praised European contemporary composers.

Vasks' early style owed much to the aleatoric experiments of Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki and George Crumb.

1994

Since 1994 he has been an honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences and in 2001 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

1996

Vasks was the recipient of the Vienna Herder Prize of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in 1996, as well as the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science, and the Latvian Grand Music Award in 1997, the latter for his violin concerto Tālā Gaisma ("Distant Light") (1996–97).

In 1996 he was the main composer at the Stockholm New Music Festival and in 2006 composer-in-residence at the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts and the Vale of Glamorgan Festival in Wales.

1999

He has written six string quartets, the fourth (1999 ) and fifth (2004 ) of which were written for the Kronos Quartet.

2004

He received the Cannes Classical Awards in 2004.

His important works also include "Viatore", Symphony No. 2 and "Music for a deceased Friend".

2005

In 2005 he received the Estonian honour the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class.

The following is a list of works by Vasks.

Unaccompanied choir:

Accompanied choir: