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Born in 1978 in Rīga, Latvia, composer Andris Dzenītis studied at the Emīls Dārziņš Music School (composition with Pēteris Vasks 1993-96) in Rīga. His Sonata for Violin and Piano Pamestie (Deserted) was awarded the chamber music prize (1994) by the Latvian Composers' Union when he was only 16. As a Herder Scholarship winner he studied composition at the Vienna School of Music and Drama with Kurt Schwertsik (Herder scholarship)(1996-97). Dzenītis continued his studies at the Latvian State Academy of Music with Pēteris Plakidis (1997-99) and then at the Lithuanian Music Academy with Osvaldas Balakauskas (1999-2003) where he also qualified for his Master's degree. He has taken part in young composers' seminars at Ivanov (Russian Federation, 1995), Boswil (Switzerland, 1996), and attended mastercourses at Stockholm with Magnus Lindberg, Pär Lindgren and Bent Sorensen in 2002. His music has been performed in Latvia and abroad: at the Warsaw Autumn Festival (1997), the Gaida Festival in Vilnius (1998, 2002), at Spelplan Stockholm (2002), Maerzmusik Berlin (2003), Nyyd in Tallinn (2003), Arena in Riga (2002-2004), Bergen Music Festival (2005), Klangspuren Schwaz (2005), Time of Music, Viitasari (2006), ISCM World Music Days (Hong Kong 2007) and elsewhere by significant Latvian and international ensembles and musical formations like Latvijas Radio koris, Rīga chamber players, Sinfonietta Rīga, Kroumata percusion ensemble Stockholm, Paragon esnemble Glasgow, Reinbert Evers or Pierro
Peace With Living Eyes
352No debesīm
253Om, Lux Aeterna
2444 Madrigals by e.e. cummings: No. 1, unmeaning
215Prayer
196Postludium: Ice
1474 Madrigals by e.e. cummings: No. 4, who are you?
1484 Madrigals by e.e. cummings: No. 2, i carry your heart
149Latvian Cookbook Für Ensemble
12104 Madrigals by e.e. cummings: No. 3, may i...
12Peace With Living Eyes
Andris Dzenītis: E(GO)
Andris Dzenītis: The Lonely Pine Tree
Andris Dzenītis: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Sunrise
Andris Dzenītis: The Lonely Pine Tree. Falsification and Epitaph
Latvian Radio Archive: Andris Dzenītis

Dzenītis: E(GO)

Woher? Wohin? Mythen, Nation, Identitäten
Senza Barriera: Latvian Composers At The Warsaw Autumn Festival
Eiropas Ziemassvētki. "Jubilejas Mesa"

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