Peteris Vasks
Born: 16th April 1946, Aizpute, Latvia
Nationality: Latvian
Pēteris Vasks is a Latvian composer. He trained as a violinist at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, as a double-bass player with Vitautas Sereikaan at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, and played in several Latvian orchestras before entering the State Conservatory in Vilnius in the neighboring Lithuania to study composition with Valentin Utkin, as he was prevented from doing this in Latvia due to Soviet repressive policy toward Baptists. He started to become known outside Latvia in the 1990s, when Gidon Kremer started championing his works and now is one of the most influential and praised European contemporary composers.
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Further Reading: Vasks
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Pēteris Vasks at 80
16th Apr 2026
The Latvian composer (whose big birthday falls today) looks back over the past nine decades, reflecting on some of the musicians who have shaped his work and the inspiration which he draws from nature and his faith.
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Pēteris Vasks
18th Apr 2019
The Latvian composer talks to David about his new album of choral works, featuring two large-scale liturgical compositions and written as a centenary present to his country.
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Popular Works: Vasks
- Actus Caritatis (3)
- Balta ainava [White Scenery] (6)
- Bass Trip for Double Bass (3)
- Cantabile for String Orchestra (4)
- Canto di forza (2)
- Cantus ad pacem (3)
- Castillo interior (5)
- Cello Concerto No. 2 'Klatbutne / Presence' (4)
- Dona nobis pacem (7)
- Flute Concerto (3)
- Grāmata čellam (The Book) (11)
- Lauda (2)
- Lidzenuma ainavas (2)
- Litene - Ballad (3)
- Lonely Angel (4)
- Madrigals (Madrigal) (2)
- Mazā vasaras mūzika (Little Summer Music) (6)
- Missa (3)
- Music for a Summer Evening (4)
- Musica Appassionata (5)
- Musica dolorosa (9)
- Musica Serena (3)
- Musique du Soir (4)
- Pater noster (3)
- Piano Quartet (4)
- Piano Trio (“Episodi e Canto perpetuo”) (10)
- Plainscapes (8)
- String Quartet No. 2, 'Sommerweisen' (4)
- String Quartet No. 3 (3)
- String Quartet No. 4 (4)
- Symphony No. 2 (3)
- Symphony No. 3 (5)
- Te Deum (5)
- The Fruits Of Silence (8)
- Vasaras vakara muzika [Music for a Summer Evening] (5)
- Viatore (6)
- Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' (7)
- Vox Amoris-Fantasia per violino ed archi (3)
- Wind Quintet No. 2: In memory of a friend (3)
- Ziles zina (The Message of the Titmouse) (4)
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Pēteris Vasks: Works for Piano Trio
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Vasks: Distant Light | and Piano Quartet & Summer Dances
Vadim Gluzman (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
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Peteris Vasks: Songs of My Heart
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
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