The publishing residence promises that the e book is not only the story of a nicely-acknowledged Latvian musician about the composer’s vocation commence at the age of 17, his struggles and successes, but the book also shows a substantial turning place in Latvian tunes.
Liepiņš graduated from Ilze Graubiņa’s piano course at the Latvian State Conservatory. He is a reliable instrumentalist, composer, was the founder of “Radio SWH” and director of the Latvian Nationwide Opera and Ballet.
The assortment of his works commences with well-known songs and rock compositions, ending with theatrical masterpieces for operas, for case in point Liepiņš’s 1988 rock opera “Lāčplēsis” with text by Māras Zālīte which has grow to be 1 of the very best-identified symbols of the Third Awakening time period .
For the duration of the revival, Liepiņš and Zālīte’s “Lāčplēsi”, which was adopted by a full of about 160,000 people, also experienced political significance: the initially transpired on the date the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was signed.
Apgād states that the book presents an extraordinary gallery of cultural personalities: childhood collectively with mom and dad in his indigenous Liepāja, lecturers, reliable mate of lifetime and new music Mirdza Zīvere, Raimonds Pauls, Imants Vanzovićs, Nora Bumbiere, Viktors Lapčenoks, Māra Zālīte, Uģis RūĪtis, Kaspars Dimiters, Elīna Garancha, Asmika Grigoryan, opera, Igor Krutoy, ensemble “Modo”, “Opus”, “Remix” and some others.
The book also has stories about the opera-melodrama “Paris Notre Dame”, the opera “From Rose and Blood”, the musical dramas “The Needle” and “The Chief”.
In the guide, in front of the text, there are numerous sq. codes that give the reader the possibility to obtain more paperwork, online video information, audio and pictures with the studying software or in the photograph method of smartphones.
