Tālivaldis Ķeniņš

Tālivaldis Ķēniņš ( born April 23, 1919 in Liepāja, † January 20, 2008 in Toronto ) was a Canadian composer and music teacher of Latvian origin.

The son of a politician and diplomat played from the piano at the age of eight and began the year to compose. After visiting the College de Menton and the Lycée de Grenoble in 1939 he began to study composition at the Conservatory of Riga in Joseph Wihtol, he broke off because of the Soviet invasion of Latvia. He returned to France and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where Simone Plé - Caussade, Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen were among his teachers.

1949 led Hermann Scherchen on his Septet at the Darmstadt Festival of New Music and the following year he received a scholarship from the International Music Council of UNESCO. 1951 Ķēniņš went to Canada and became organist and music director of the St. Andrews Latvian Lutheran Church in Toronto. From 1952 to 1984 he taught composition at the University of Toronto. His students included, inter alia, Edward Laufer, Walter Kemp, Bruce Mather, Imant Raminsh, Arthur Ozolins, Tomas Dusatko, James Rolfe, and Ronald Smith. In 1959 he founded the Latvian Concert Association of Toronto.

In addition to numerous chamber works composed Ķēniņš among others eight symphonies, twelve concertos, three cantatas, an oratorio, choral works and pieces for use in the classroom. 1990 produced the Latvian television a film about him, In 1995 he was honored as an Officer of the Latvian Three Star Order. International acclaim was the premiere of his Viola Concerto in 2000. Biography Kenins ' Ingrida Zemzare appeared on his 75th birthday in 2004.

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  • Canadian Music Centre - Talivaldis Kenins
  • The Canadian Encyclopedia - Talivaldis Kenins
  • Tālivaldis Ķēniņš at the Internet Movie Database (English)
  • Canadian Composer
  • Music teacher
  • Support of the three-star Order ( officer )
  • Born in 1919
  • Died in 2008
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