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Dzenitis, Andris (b. January 23, 1978, Riga). Latvian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and electroacoustic works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Dzenitis studied composition with Peteris Vasks at the Emils Darzinš Music School in Riga from 1993-96, with Kurt Schwertsik at the Hochschule für Musik und Drama in Vienna in 1996-97 and with Peteris Plakidis at the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga from 1997-99. He then studied composition with Osvaldas Balakauskas at the Lithuanian Academy of Music in Vilnius from 1999-2001 and had post-graduate studies with him there from 2001-03. He has also participated in seminars in Ivanov (1995), Boswil (1996) and Stockholm (2002, with Magnus Lindberg, Pär Lindgren and Bent Sørensen).
His works have been performed in Austria, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and the UK, including at the Warsaw Autumn (1997), Gaida in Vilnius (1998, 2002) and MaerzMusik in Berlin (2003) festivals.
Mr. Dzenitis is also active in other positions. He has served as a program moderator for the radio station Classics in Riga since 1997 and as the editor of the music journal Sun of Music in Riga since 2003. He also served on the board of the new music festival Arena in Riga in 2002 and has served as the director the biannual International Workshop for Young Composers in Dundaga since 2002.
He lectured on Latvian music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2001 and on contemporary music at the Latvian Academy of Culture in Riga in 2002.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: andris.dzenitis@sveiks.lv or adzenitis@yahoo.com
Street address: Mr. Andris Dzenitis, Ziedona iela 5, 1029 Riga, Latvia
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Without Words (incidental music, play by Peteris Petersons), 1996; Felix and Felicity (incidental music, play by Peteris Petersons), 1998; Electra (incidental music, play by Euripides), 2001; The Book of Your Silence (7 act opera, libretto by Oskar Milosz), 2002-04 (one section may be performed separately: Solitude)
ORCHESTRAL: Concerto, cello, small orchestra (percussion, strings), 1995-96; Stanza II, 'Super flumina Babylonis' (text from Latin liturgy), 3 altos/countertenors, string orchestra, 2-track tape, 2001; Stanza III, 'innuendo', large orchestra, 2000-02; Alba, flute, 2 kokles (Latvian zithers), accordion, string orchestra, 2003
CHAMBER MUSIC: Deserted (sonata), violin, piano, 1994; Beside..., bass-baritone accordion, 1995; The Spirit of the Harlequin, clarinet, 1995; Capriccio e contraverso, 4 clarinets, 1995-96; Do you hear me...?, cello, 1996; Lacrimae (in memoriam Emils Darzinš), violin, viola, cello, piano, 1996; Senza Barriera, 2 pianos, percussion, 1996-97; Mother Earth, viola, 1997; Stanza I, '31.12.1999', piano, string quartet, 1999; Der Todeskeim. Der Lebenskeim, flute, 2 kokles, 2000; Pierrot, alto saxophone, 2001; Bang for Four, 4 percussion, 2002; Narrow paths. Dreamy steps, guitar, 2003; Promises and Shapes, oboe, ensemble (flute [+ alto flute], clarinet [+ bass clarinet], French horn, violin, viola, cello, percussion), 2004
CHORAL: Adoramus Te, mixed chorus, 1996, revised 2003; Blood Song (texts from Latin motets), soprano, descant voice, baritone, large mixed chorus (60 or more voices), 2 trumpets, organ, 2 percussion, string orchestra, 1996-98; Ave Maria, mixed chorus, 1998; Circumstances. Awakening. Keep thoughtfully quiet (text by Vislava Schimborska), mixed chorus, 4-track tape, live electronics, 1999; Four Madrigals by E.E. Cummings, 8 mixed voices, 2000; Sun (texts from Latvian, Lithuanian folklore), mixed chorus, 2001
VOCAL: Verbum et Verbum (vocalise), mezzo-soprano, 2000; Solitude, mezzo-soprano, live electronics, 2003 (section of The Book of Your Silence; may be performed separately)
PIANO: Music for a Dead Bird, 1995
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Gutta, 2-track tape, 2001; Passia, 5-track tape, 2002; Landscape on a Dark Red, 2-track tape, 2002
(Last updated on June 28, 2004)
