31 Notable alumni of Jazepa Vitola Latvian Academy of Music
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
Jazepa Vitola Latvian Academy of Music is ranked #8,196 in the world and #14 in Latvia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 31 notable alumni from Jazepa Vitola Latvian Academy of Music sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Jazepa Vitola Latvian Academy of Music won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Edgars Račevskis
1936-2022 (aged 86)
conductor
Edgars Račevskis was a Latvian conductor.
2. Jānis Liepiņš
1988-. (aged 38)
conductor
Jānis Liepiņš is a Latvian conductor. Since 2014 he has been the conductor at the Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNO). For the LNO, he has conducted productions of Il trovatore (2014), Le Villi and Gianni Schicchi (2015), Eugene Onegin (2016), Romeo and Juliet (2014), Scheherazade And Her Tales (2016), and La Bayadère (2012), and was both the conductor and...
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3. Nauris Puntulis
1961-. (aged 65)
singer
politician
Nauris Puntulis is a Latvian singer and politician. From July 8, 2019 to September 15, 2023, he served as the Minister of Culture in the Kariņš cabinet. He is affiliated with the National Alliance party. He was appointed for his second term as Culture Minister in 2022. His term ceased when the Second Kariņš cabinet fell.
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4. Jevgenija Lisicina
1942-. (aged 84)
organist
Jevgenija Lisicina, also spelled Eugenia Lissitsyna or Jewgenia Lisitzina (Russian: Евгения Лисицына, is a Russian and Latvian organist.
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5. Sergejs Jēgers
1979-. (aged 47)
opera singer
Sergejs Jēgers is a Latvian countertenor.
6. Kārlis Lācis
1977-. (aged 49)
pianist
record producer
composer
Kārlis Lācis is a Latvian contemporary composer. Along with the scores for theatre productions, movies, and musical arrangements, a large part of his work is dedicated to vocal and choral music, symphonic, and instrumental compositions, including "Te Deum" (2014) with the State Choir Latvija, and double concerto for flute, oboe and orchestra "42.195" (2014) with Liepaja symphony orchestra. "Rorate coeli"...
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7. Pauls Putniņš
1937-2018 (aged 81)
writer
playwright
journalist
politician
Pauls Putniņš was a Latvian playwright, journalist and politician.
8. Ints Dālderis
1971-. (aged 55)
musician
politician
Ints Dālderis is a Latvian clarinetist and politician of initially the People's Party, then New Era Party, then Unity and finally Movement For!. He was Minister of Culture of Latvia from March 12, 2009 to November 3, 2010.
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9. Inese Laizāne
1971-2024 (aged 53)
actor
politician
Inese Laizāne was a Latvian actress and politician.
10. Lūcija Garūta
1902-1977 (aged 75)
musician
pianist
composer
music educator
poet
Lūcija Garūta was a Latvian pianist, poet and composer. She is mostly known for composing the cantata Dievs, Tava zeme deg! in 1943.
11. Gundars Āboliņš
1960-. (aged 66)
actor
Gundars Āboliņš is a Latvian actor. He worked for the New Riga Theatre in Riga, having formerly worked for the Dailes Theatre. He was awarded the Spēlmaņu nakts gada aktieris award (best actor) in 2006.
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12. Gido Kokars
1921-2017 (aged 96)
conductor
Gido Kokars was a Latvian conductor. He was the twin brother of Imants Kokars, also a conductor.
13. Helga Dancberga
1941-2019 (aged 78)
actor
film actor
Helga Dancberga was a Soviet then Latvian actor. She was the director of the Department of Culture and Arts at the Latvian Conservatoire.
14. Uģis Prauliņš
1957-. (aged 69)
pianist
composer
musician
Uģis Prauliņš is a Latvian composer whose choral work Missa Rigensis (Riga Mass) was recorded by the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, the Riga Cathedral Boys Choir, Youth Choir BALSIS and has been performed in several locations around the world, amongst those Canada, France, England.
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15. Vilis Daudziņš
1970-. (aged 56)
actor
television actor
Vilis Daudziņš is a Latvian actor. In the theatre, he has appeared in several plays of Alvis Hermanis and Māra Ķimele, produced in New Riga Theatre. He has also taken part in several films.
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16. Mārtiņš Brauns
1951-2021 (aged 70)
composer
musician
Mārtiņš Brauns was a Latvian composer and musician.
17. Oleg Kagan
1946-1990 (aged 44)
violinist
concertmaster
musician
Oleg Moiseyevich Kagan was a Soviet violinist, known for his chamber collaborations with such musicians as pianist Sviatoslav Richter, Eliso Virsaladze and cellist Natalia Gutman, his wife. He was also a significant proponent of modern music, in particular Berg's Violin Concerto. Several recently released concert recordings have added to his posthumous reputation.
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18. Jānis Streičs
1936-. (aged 90)
actor
screenwriter
film director
Jānis Streičs is a Latvian film director. Streičs' 1991 comedy film The Child of Man was runner-up for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival Rights of the Child Award in 1994. It had previously been Latvia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but did not make the shortlist.
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19. Andrejs Žagars
1958-2019 (aged 61)
opera director
actor
politician
Andrejs Žagars was a Soviet-born (Siberian) Latvian actor of film, stage and television, opera director, entrepreneur and politician.
20. Inese Galante
1954-. (aged 72)
opera singer
Inese Galante is a Latvian soprano opera singer. Galante is known for a great beauty of tone, nuanced pianissimos and sensitive command of dynamics and colour. Her performance of Vladimir Vavilov's Ave Maria (often attributed to Giulio Caccini), from her "Debut" album (1995) attracted worldwide interest in the piece.
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21. Daniels Pavļuts
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Daniels Pavļuts is a Latvian politician and former Minister for Health of Latvia from January 2021 to December 2022. He was formerly the Minister for Economics of Latvia, a position he served in from 2011 until 2014. In addition to his political and business career, he is a concert pianist.
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22. Elīna Garanča
1976-. (aged 50)
opera singer
musician
Elīna Garanča is a Latvian mezzo-soprano. She began to study singing in her hometown of Riga in 1996 and continued her studies in Vienna and in the United States. By 1999 she had won first place in the Mirjam Helin Singing Competition in Helsinki and had begun a career in Europe. Worldwide engagements followed her 2003 Salzburg Festival appearances.
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23. Raimonds Pauls
1936-. (aged 90)
composer
Ojārs Raimonds Pauls is a Latvian composer and a pianist who is well known in the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe. He was the Minister of Culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993.
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24. Gidon Kremer
1947-. (aged 79)
conductor
violinist
actor
musician
Gidon Markusovich Kremer is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.
25. Ivars Kalniņš
1948-. (aged 78)
actor
politician
Ivars Edmunds Kalniņš is a Latvian film and television actor. He graduated in 1974 from the Jāzeps Vītols Theatre Department of the Latvian Conservatory. He had already started acting however in 1972 at the Artistic Academic Theatre of J. Rainis. Kalniņš has performed in both Latvian language and Russian language films and television shows.
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26. Pēteris Vasks
1946-. (aged 80)
composer
Pēteris Vasks is a Latvian composer.
27. Kristīne Opolais
1979-. (aged 47)
opera singer
Kristīne Opolais is a Latvian operatic soprano.
28. Imants Kalniņš
1941-. (aged 85)
translator
songwriter
politician
composer
Imants Kalniņš is a Latvian composer, musician and politician. Having studied classical and choral music, he has written seven symphonies, several operas (including the first rock opera in the USSR, Ei, jūs tur! ), oratorios, cantatas, choir songs, a lot of movie and theater music. However, he is generally best known for his rock songs. In 2021, Kalniņš received the...
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29. Agris Daņiļevičs
1963-. (aged 63)
dancer
Agris Daņiļevičs is a Latvian choreographer and dance teacher.
30. Olga Jegunova
1984-. (aged 42)
musician
pianist
Olga Jegunova is a Latvian classical pianist, born in Šiauliai, Lithuania (then Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic). She is now married, mother of two children and lives in Paris.
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31. Iveta Apkalna
1976-. (aged 50)
organist
pianist
Iveta Apkalna is a Latvian organist and pianist.