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Wind Band Music in Latvia

19th Century

• Church musicians, court music, city musicians

• Andrejs Jurjāns and Jāzeps Vītols – first professional Latvian musicians educated in Russia, 2nd half of 19th century

• Two teachers’ seminars (schools for teachers) in Valka and Irlava – important role for music development

19th Century

• 1884 – Wind band in Aluksne City by Volunteer Fire Association

• During 1890s – Wind band “Hions” (conductor Drekslers) existed until the First World War

• Rubber factory band in Riga, (cond. Muračinskis)–15 musicians, mostly women

• Wind Band of Russian army (cond. Buhardts)

• Before the 1st World War small bands operated almost all major Latvian regions, cities (10 – 25 musicians)

Repertoire

• Transcriptions of symphonic music

• Ouvertures

• Marches

• Waltzes

• Dance music

• The first composers – Jāzeps Vītols, Andrejs Jurjāns

1920 - 1940

• 1921 - Wind band of the Latvian People University (1925 it was led by J.Samilions, starting from 1925 to 1929 - A. Sproģis, later until 1930 - K. Ozols

• During 1920th, 30th active work done by JurisJurjans, Kārlis Ozols. Also wind orchestras of the Firefighters’ unions emerge (usually 12 – 14 musicians)

• Bands in all major cities, regions (10 – 25 musicians)

1945 - 1980Folk Art Centre (1948) – government organization for

amateur groups (also wind bands) in Latvia

Composers

• Alfrēds Segliņš (1905 – 1982)

• Jānis Palkavnieks (1909 – 1992)

• Augusts Krisbergs (1912 – 1981)

• Jānis Ivanovs (1906 – 1983)

• Jānis Ozoliņš (1908 – 1981)

• Valdis Vikmanis (1915 – 2011)

• Gunārs Ordelovskis (1927 – 1990) and other

Gunārs Ordelovskis(1927 – 1990)

• more then 10 excellent marches,

• polkas, waltzes,

• suites,

• operetta,

• symphony, concertos for basson, horn, 3 trumpets,

• folk dance and folk song arrangements

Gunars Ordelovskis –Symphony for band and male choir, 2nd movement Veloce

1980 - 2012Composers

• Jānis Ābols• Aivars Krūmiņš• Imants Kalniņš• Juris Karlsons• Andris Vecumnieks• Līga Celma• Pēteris Butāns• Anitra Tumševica• Vilnis Šmīdbergs• Andris Riekstiņš• Rihards Zaļupe and other

Repertoire

The public procurement for the development of the wind bands for the period 2002 - 2012 is - 70 new

compositions of different difficulty levels and genres by the Latvian composers, covering both the original

and arranged music.

1990 - 2012Wind Bands (around 70, musicians per band 15 - 70)

• Professional Wind Orchestra Riga

• Riga Technical University Students’ Wind Band

• Youth Wind Band Auseklitis

• Wind Band Saldus

• Wind Band Talsi

• Wind Band of Jazeps Medins Riga Music High School

• The University of Latvia Wind Band and other

Wind Band Signals (Valmiera)

Wind Band Inčukalns

Wind Band Skaistkalne

The National Armed Forces Orchestra/ Latvia

Wind Band Talsi

Wind Band of Jazeps Medins Riga Music High School

Baltic Students Song and Dance Celebration GAUDEAMUS 2010, Vilnius

The University of Latvia

Wind Band

•Founded in 2008•Conductor Jānis Puriņš•Regular concerts in concert halls, churches •2 CDs - Rohrau Mass by Shane Woodborne and

Requiem by Rolf Rudin•Winner of a number of national and international competitions -

o 2009 – Moscow, Russia, Grand Prixo 2010 – Jelgava, Latviao 2011 – Valmiera, Latvia, o 2011 – Panevezius, Lithuania, Grand Prixo 2012 – Valmiera, Latvia

Education of wind band conductng

• Since 1995 – Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music provides both - bachelor and master study programs for wind band conducting

• Guest professors – Hennie Ramaekers, Fried Dobbelstein /The Netherlands/, Timo Kotilainen /Finland/, Lorenzo Della Fonte, Massimo Grespan /Italy/, Egidijus Ališauskas /Lithuania/. Jan van der Roost /Belgium/, Alexander Koops, James Saker , Donald Peterson /USA/, Anatoly Dudin /Russia/

• Exchange program ERASMUS for the students and professors from the countries of EU

Events• October 20 – 21 2012 – IV Annual Forum of the Baltic

States Wind Orchestra Conductors and Ensemble Leaders (usually the 3rd weekend of October)

The Wind band of Tuva Republic Government/ Russia/, October 2011

Annual National Competition and binnial International competition Baltic Open

Latvia Youth Symphonic Band - Annual summer project

The concert of Wind Band

• About 11 hours long

• More then 50 bands with 2000 musicians

• More then 80 pieces of music

Song and Dance Celebration 2008

Concert Stage in Dome Square Old Town, 2008

Contacts• www.jvlma.lv

• http://latvianbandmusic.wikispaces.com

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Forum-of-the-Baltic-States-Wind-Orchestra-Conductors-and-Ensemble-Leaders/188820084559122

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Latvia-Youth-Symphonic-Band/381229655224131

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Latvia-Wind-Band/325501144158784

• http://www.facebook.com/purins

• www.nartiss.lv

• www.globalmusicfacilities.eu

• Janis Purins janis.purins@jvlma.lv

• Astrida Kenina – expert of Wind Music astrida.kenina@gmail.com

Riga, 2012