Musical Works
19Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 2002 — Yesterday
9. Symphoniekonzert - Fernes Licht, Stenhammar, W.VasksSibelius
Hofer SymphonikerVlaams Radiokoor & Ensemble Brussels Philharmonic, VasksDanielpourDe LeyNymanWeiss, G. D.Kirkland Snider
Tivoli VredenburgMass for the Endangered Vlaams Radiokoor & Brussels Philharmonic Soloists, VasksDanielpourKirkland SniderNymanDessnerDe LeyWeiss, G. D.
FlageyUpcoming performances
27Sjostakovitjs 10:a, VasksShostakovich
Norrköpings symfoniorkesterDie Stimme der Liebe, SchrekerSchubertVasks
Dresdner PhilharmonieMonumentální Varhany, Bach, J. S.LisztBrahmsEbenBoëllmannLéon BoëlmannVasks
Prague Spring FestivalChoralquartett — Kammerkonzert Minguet Quartett, KurtágWidmannVasks
Salzburg Festival2 · Symmetry, VasksTabakova, D.
Adelaide Symphony OrchestraO/modernt New Generation Orchestra, VasksSibelius
Konzerthaus BerlinLichte Wehmut Und Götterkräfte: Baltische Klangwelten, EsenvaldsPärtMartinaitytėRatnieceMārtiņš ViļumsMessiaenVasks
Lausitz FestivalBiography
Pēteris Vasks was born on April 16th, 1946 in Aizpute to a Baptist minister’s family. He studied at the Emīls Dārziņš Music School. In 1970, he graduated from the Lithuanian State Conservatory in Vytautas Sereika’s contrabass class, in turn graduating the Latvian State Conservatory composition class in 1978 (Valentīns Utkins’s class). From 1963 to 1974, Pēteris Vasks played the contrabass in the Symphony Orchestra of the Latvian National Opera, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, and the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. From 1978 to 1989, Pēteris Vasks worked as a teacher in the Salacgrīva, Zvejniekciems, and Jelgava Music Schools. As of 1989, the composer has been working in the Emīls Dārziņš Music School. Since the end of the 1980s, Pēteris Vasks has received composition
