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Raimonds Pauls
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Soviet and Latvian composer and pianist; Minister of culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993
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Raimonds Pauls, born Ojārs Raimonds Pauls on January 12, 1936, in Riga, is a Latvian and Soviet politician, conductor, composer, and pianist. He has been educated at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music and speaks Latvian and Russian. His professional work encompasses music, jazz, and political activity, with genres including jazz, estrada, instrumental music, and musicals. He plays the piano, accordion, and grand piano.
Pauls has been a member of the Union of Soviet Composers, the Latvian Academy of Sciences, the People's Party, and the New Party. He holds citizenship in the Soviet Union and Latvia. His religious worldview is Dievturība. He has received the Order of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR, Royal Order of the Polar Star, and Order of the Three Stars.
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Film & TV
Riga, Latvia
Raimonds Pauls (1936) is the most prolific and one of the most well-known Latvian composers of popular music. Pauls is a skilled jazz pianist and he is credited for noticing talent in many new singers, as he has been the musical producer of several musical ensembles and spearheaded the careers of many popular singers.
Known for
- Maestro Raimonds Pauls. Dziesmiņa par prieku — Self2026
- Art Born in Agony — Self (voice)2025
- Stāsts par lielām dziesmām. 1. Latvijas Mūzikas Lielais koncerts. — Self (archival footage)2023
- My Dad - Intars Busulis — Self2023
- Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls — Self2021
- Teātris. Filmas arheoloģija — Self2015
- Последний день — Self - composer2015
- Valeria: Russian Romances and Golden Hits of the 20th Century — Self2012
- Month of the Witches — Self2012
- Būt par Raimondu Paulu — Self2006
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Latvia
- Active from
- 1936
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- Listeners
- 13,046
- Total plays
- 353,882
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The most distinguished writer of Latvian popular music and pianist Raimonds Pauls (born January 12, 1936) is a renowned composer of popular music. His music has been performed in countless countries and in the most prestigious concert halls, and all of this was possible thanks to his unique flair of melody. The fertile creative imagination of Maestro Raimonds Pauls has brought together the intonations of Latvian folk music, jazz, blues, rock’n’roll <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Raimonds+Pau
Key facts
- Born
- Ojārs Raimonds Pauls , ( 1936-01-12 ) 12 January 1936 (age 90) , Rīga , Latvia
- Alma mater
- Latvian State Conservatory
- Occupations
- Composer , pianist
- Years active
- 1956-
- Notable work
- Million Roses (1982)
- Title
- People's Artist of the USSR (1985)
- Awards
- Order of the Three Stars (Latvia, Grand Officer, Commander) Order of the Polar Star (Sweden, Knight 1st Class) Order of Honour (Russia) Cross of Recognition (Latvia) Order of Honour (Armenia) Order of the Rising Sun (Japan)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Latvia
- Place of birth
- Riga
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music
- Political party
- New Party
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- Dievturība
- Field of work
- political activity
- Genre
- musical
- Instrument
- grand piano
- Official website
- www.raimondspauls.lv
- Image
- Flickr - Saeima - 9.Saeimas deputāts Raimonds Pauls.jpg
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- Raimonds Pauls
- date of birth
- 1936-01-12
- name in native language
- Raimonds Pauls
- birth name
- Ojārs Raimonds Pauls
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- Raimonds Pauls
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Encyclopedic overview
Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936) is a Latvian composer and a pianist who is well known in the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe. He was the Minister of Culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993.
His songs were performed by such popular singers as Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontyev, Laima Vaikule, Jaak Joala, Roza Rymbayeva, Svetlana Loboda, Nora Bumbiere, Viktors Lapčenoks and others.
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