Ivars Wigners ( Latvian: Ivars Vīgners ; May 15, 1940 , Riga - June 27, 2007 , ibid.) - Latvian composer and conductor .
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Biography
Born in Riga in a musical family. Father is the famous Latvian conductor and composer Leonids Wigners , grandfather is the composer and choral conductor Ernest Wigners .
From the age of five, he studied piano under the guidance of Professor Valery Zost. In 1950 - 1958 he studied at the Riga Music School. E. Darzin , first with V. Zost, then with Nikolai Fedorovsky in piano. Since 1958, he studied with the same teacher at the Latvian State Conservatory. J. Vitola , which he graduated in 1964 .
At the end of the conservatory, he worked as a sound engineer ( 1966 - 1970 ). Pianist and accompanist of the Latvian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra ( 1965 - 1971 ), member of the Union of Composers (since 1977 ).
Since 1971, composer and creator of musical accompaniment for theatrical performances. Including: “Schweik” by Arvid Tsepurish and Vald Grevinj ( 1974 ) and “Sins of Trina” by Rudolf Blaumanis ( 1983 ).
Ivars Wigners worked a lot with children's music groups. He experimented with modern capabilities of computer processing of musical works. He wrote music for 37 feature films, 15 animated films, 36 documentaries, more than one hundred short documentaries and commercials.
He died in Riga after a long and serious illness.
Discography
- 1982 - Zelta dziesma
- 1984 - Music over the sea. Instrumental songs
Links
- Ivars Wigners on the Internet Movie Database