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Pēteris Vasks

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Pēteris Vasks

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Also known as Peteris Vasks

Latvian composer (born 1946)

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Within Vinony's link graph, Pēteris Vasks is referenced by 232 other articles, and connects out to Lithuania, Stockholm and Vilnius.

Vinony files it under 1946 births, 20th-century Latvian classical composers and 20th-century male composers.

Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Vasks
  • Wind Quintet No. 2
  • Summer Dances

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Aizpute, Latvia

Pēteris Vasks is a Latvian composer.

Known for

  • Pēteris Vasks at 80 - Concert from Aizpute, Latvia2026
  • The Composer and His Heaven – Peteris Vasks — Self2023
  • Musica Serena. Komponists Pēteris Vasks — Self2016

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
LV
Active from
1946-04-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
28,245
Total plays
178,980

Tags

contemporary classicallatvianClassicalcomposerbaltic

Pēteris Vasks (born April 16, 1946) is a Latvian composer. Vasks was born in Aizpute, Latvia, to a family of a Baptist pastor. He trained as a double-bass player, and played in several Latvian orchestras before entering the State Conservatory in Vilnius in the neighboring Lithuania to study composition, as he was prevented from doing this in Latvia due to Soviet repressive policy toward Baptists. He started to become known outside Latvia in the 1990s. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/P%C4%93t

via Last.fm · Pēteris Vasks

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Aizpute
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
Latvian
Image
Vasks11.jpg
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date of birth
1946-04-16
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