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Northern lights eriks esenvalds biography
Ēriks Ešenvalds
Latvian composer
Ēriks Ešenvalds (born 26 January 1977) is a Latvian composer, mainly of choral music.[1][2] From 2011 to 2013 he was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.[3]
Biography
Ēriks Ešenvalds was born in Priekule, Latvia, in 1977.
He studied at the Latvian Baptist Theological Seminary (1995–1997) before obtaining his master's degree in composition (2004) from the Latvian Academy of Music under the tutelage of Selga Mence. He took master classes with Michael Finnissy, Klaus Huber, Philippe Manoury and Jonathan Harvey, amongst others.
From 2002 to 2011 he was a member of the State Choir Latvija.[1][2] From 2011 to 2013 he was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.[3] Ešenvalds is a three-time winner of the Latvian Grand Music Award (2005, 2007 and 2015).[4] In 2006, the International Rostrum of Composers