Biography of Peteris Vasks (*1946)
16.04.1946
Born in Aiizpute (Latvia)
Composition and double bass studies at the Riga Music Academy and the Lithuanian Music Academy in Vilnius
Double bass of Lithuanian Pilharmonic Orchestra, Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra of Latvian radio and Television
1963
Member of Lithuanian Philharmonic Orchestra
1969
Member of Latvian Philharmonid Chamber Orchestra
11.11.1980
World premiere of Landscape with Birds in Riga, played of Imants Sneibis
1971
Member of the Orchestra of Latvian Radio and Television
21.08.1992
Premiere of the sonata for solo flute in Helsinki, played by Imants Sneibis
1996
Herder Prize of the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung Hamburg
23.01.2009
World premiere of the flute concerto with Michael Faust, WDR Symphony orchestra and Semyon Bychkov in Cologne
Further information/Sources:
- → CDs by/of Peteris Vasks bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
- → Music by/with Peteris Vasks at amazon.de
- → Books about or by Peteris Vasks
CDs with/from Peteris Vasks
Sheila Arnold, Michael Faust, Patrick Gallois, Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä
- Cantabile (08:10:00)
- Quasi una Burlesca (14:07:00)
- Cantabile (11:13:00)
- Nakts (Night) - Misterioso (03:32:00)
- Lidojums (Flight) - Agitato (05:06:00)
- Nakts (Night) - Misterioso (03:15:00)
- Aria (06:57:00)
- Danza - Giocoso (04:16:00)
- Landscape with Birds for Flute Solo (1980) (08:19:00)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (2007-2008, rev. 2011):
Sonata for Flute and Alto Flute Solo (1992):
Aria e danza for Flute and Piano (1972, rev. 2010):
Last edit 12.05.2020