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Esenvalds, Eriks
(b. January 26, 1977, Priekule). Latvian composer of orchestral, chamber,
choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Europe and the USA.
Mr. Esenvalds studied at the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music, where he graduated in 2002. He currently has his post-graduate studies there with Selga Mence. He has attended classes with many composers, including Richard Danielpour (France, 2001), Michael Finnissy, Marek Kopelent and Guy Reibel (Czech Republic, 2001) and Martin Herman and Dana Paul Perna (Latvia, 2002).
Among his honors are two Jazeps
Vitols scholarships (1999, 2002) and the Vernissage Musical Centre and New
Creation Foundation Scholarship (2000). In the USA, he received an Honorable Mention
in the competition of the International Clarinet Association (1999, for Impressions of Saaremaa) and in Germany,
his From the Dim and Distant Past was
performed at the festival Young.Euro.Classic in Berlin (2002).
Since 1999, he has served as the music minister at the Riga Vilandes Baptist Church and currently is a member of the state choir Latvia.
From 1998-2002, he taught at Riga
High School No. 31.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail
address: eriks@music.lv
Street
address: Mr. Eriks Esenvalds, Vilandes 9, 1010 Riga, Latvia
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: From the Dim and Distant Past, 2002; Frontiers of Time, string orchestra, 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: At Night in the City, double bass, piano, 1998; String Quartet, 1998; Impressions of Saaremaa, clarinet,
cello, 1999; The Story of Romeo and
Juliet, 4 clarinets, 2000; The Last
Will of Grandfather’s Clock,
harp, 2000; Dum Spiro, Spero, flute, violin, cello, piano, 2001;
Cryptic, flute, accordion, 2 kokles,
2002
CHORAL: Paradise Lost, mixed chorus, 1999; Summer Landscape, mixed chorus, 1999
VOCAL: Prayer, soprano, tenor, piano, 1997; Intercessiones, soprano, string quartet, 2001
PIANO: Poem, 1997; The Sea Piece,
2000
(Last updated on February 17, 2003)
