Imants Mezaraups
- Birth Date:
- 10.10.1958
- Death date:
- 21.06.2013
- Length of life:
- 54
- Days since birth:
- 23942
- Years since birth:
- 65
- Days since death:
- 3964
- Years since death:
- 10
- Extra names:
- Imants Mežaraups
- Categories:
- Composer, Musician, Pedagogue, teacher, Professor
- Nationality:
- latvian
- Cemetery:
- Aknīstes pagasts, Tuņķeļu kapi
Imants Mežaraups was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) He studied at the University of Pennsylvania with George Crumb, George Rochberg, and Richard Wernick, earning a Master of Arts in Composition degree.
In 1996 Imants Mežaraups moved to Latvia, establishing active and creative contacts with Latvian musicians who have often commissioned new works.
As a composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and member of the ensemble Kolibri,Imants Mežaraups has performed in many concerts, radio broadcasts, and festivals in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Concerts of his works have been given in Riga, New York, and Philadelphia. He has been the winner of several international composition competitions.
He has been a member of the Latvian Composers’ Union since 1999.
Source: news.lv
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Relations
| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Imants Mežaraups | Father | |
| 2 | Jānis Mežaraups | Grandfather |
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