Romualds Kalsons
Romualds Kalsons (7 September 1936 – 15 November 2024) was a Latvian composer. Romualds Kalsons was born in Riga, he was a student of Ādolfs Skulte and Jāzeps Lindbergs. Kalsons taught at the Latvian Academy of Music from 1973 until 2009.
Romualds Kalsons
- Born
- 1936 · Riga.
- Died
- 2024
- Nationality
- Latvia · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- conductor · composer · pianist · music educator
- Fields
- music · composed musical work · symphonic music · music education
- Education
- Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music
- Honours
- Order of the Three Stars and 4th Class · Meritorious Artist of the Latvian SSR
- Languages
- Latvian
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Romualds Kalsons (7 September 1936 – 15 November 2024) was a Latvian composer. Romualds Kalsons was born in Riga, he was a student of Ādolfs Skulte and Jāzeps Lindbergs. Kalsons taught at the Latvian Academy of Music from 1973 until 2009.
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He is known for his opera Pazudušais dēls (The Prodigal Son), after the 1893 play by Rūdolfs Blaumanis, and for his orchestral music. Kalsons died on 15 November 2024, at the age of 88.
Romualds Kalsons studied at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. The recorded working language is Latvian. The field of work recorded is music, composed musical work and symphonic music. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class and Meritorious Artist of the Latvian SSR.
Romualds Kalsons is recorded with the occupation music educator. Recorded as having received Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class and Meritorious Artist of the Latvian SSR.
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1936
Romualds Kalsons was born on 7 September 1936.
2024
Romualds Kalsons died on 15 November 2024.
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- Kalsons, Romualds, Oxford Music Online, 2001
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- “Romualds Kalsons”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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