Maestro was a multiple chief conductor of the General Latvian Song and Dance Festival (since 1970), a long-time chief conductor of Tukums and Alūksne district choirs, he founded and conducted several well-known and artistically valuable amateur choirs in Latvia – “Gaudeamus”, “Vanema”, “Sonore”. He was the initiator of important cultural and historical events – he established the tradition of Jāzeps Vītols Song Days in Gaujiena.
From the 1990s he was active in the field of composition and was an honorary member of the Latvian Composers’ Union. The contribution of Edgars Račevskis’ working life to Latvian culture is also significant in pedagogical activities and the development of professional choir art. He has worked for more than thirty years at the Latvian State Conservatory, now the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. From 1963 to 1986 he was the artistic director of the Latvian Radio Choir.
The Latvian National Cultural Center expresses its deepest condolences to Edgars Račevskis’ relatives, friends and talent fans.
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