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Pēteris Vasks
vn, b, *1946 LV, Aizpute Municipality
Musician / Composer of Classical
Pēteris Vasks (born 16 April 1946) is a Latvian composer.Vasks was born in Aizpute, Latvia, into the family of a Baptist pastor. He trained as a violinist at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, as a double-bass player with Vitautas Sereikaan at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, and played in several Latvian orchestras before entering the State Conservatory in Vilnius in the neighboring Lithuania to study composition with Valentin Utkin, as he was prevented from doing this in Latvia due to Soviet repressive policy toward Baptists. He started to become known outside Latvia in the 1990s, when Gidon Kremer started championing his works and now is one of the most influential and praised European contemporary composers.
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Violin Concerto "Distant Light": Cadenza III on Pēteris Vasks: Distant Light, Piano Quartet & Summer Dances by Pēteris Vasks, Vadim Gluzman, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Hannu Lintu The Fruit of Silence on The Fruit of Silence by Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava Vientulais Engelis: Meditation for Violin and String Orchestra on Mari by Mari Samuelsen The Fruits Of Silence on Winter by VOCES8 Vasara (Summer) on Vasks: Plainscapes by Pēteris Vasks, Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava Klusas dziemas (silent songs): I. Nosapi parsapi on Vasks: Plainscapes by Pēteris Vasks, Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava Klusas dziemas (silent songs): II. Dusi dusi on Vasks: Plainscapes by Pēteris Vasks, Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava Pater noster on Vasks, P.: Pater Noster / Dona Nobis Pacem / Mass by Pēteris Vasks, Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava The Fruit of Silence on Vasks: Laudate Dominum by Pēteris Vasks, Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga & Sigvards Kļava Plainscapes: Plainscape II on Winter by VOCES8Track list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Philip Glass, Pēteris Vasks | 2017 | Album |
| Laudate Dominum | Pēteris Vasks, Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Rīga, Sigvards Kļava | 2017 | Album |
| The Invisible Link | Maya Fridman, Daniël Kool, Alfred Schnittke, Pēteris Vasks, Arvo Pärt | 2017 | Album |
| String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 & 4 | Pēteris Vasks, Spikeru String Quartet | 2016 | Album |
| Presence | Pēteris Vasks - Sol Gabetta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta | 2016 | Album |
| Midwinter Spring | Giya Kancheli, Arvo Pärt, Pēteris Vasks, Alessandro Stella | 2015 | Album |
| Sala / Musica Appassionata / Credo | Pēteris Vasks, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra / Atvars Lakstīgala | 2015 | Album |
| Plainscapes | Pēteris Vasks / Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava | 2012 | Album |
| Canto Perpetuo | Boulanger Trio, Pēteris Vasks, Dmitri Shostakovich | 2012 | Album |
| Vox Amoris: Works For Violin And String Orchestra | Pēteris Vasks, Alina Pogostkina, Sinfonietta Rīga, Juha Kangas | 2011 | Album |
| String Quartets Nos. 1-3 | Pēteris Vasks | 2010 | Album |
| The Seasons | Pēteris Vasks, Vestard Shimkus | 2010 | Album |
| Grāmata Čellam | Pēteris Vasks, Sol Gabetta | 2010 | Single |
| Viatore | Pēteris Vasks - Sinfonietta Rīga, Normunds Šnē | 2008 | Album |
| Cantus Ad Pacem | Pēteris Vasks : Tālivaldis Deksnis | 2008 | Album |
| Piano Trio / Piano Quartet | Pēteris Vasks / Trio Parnassus, Avri Levitan | 2008 | Album |
| Grāmata čellam; Partita; Episodi E Canto Perpetuo | Pēteris Vasks / David Geringas, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Kalle Randalu | 2008 | Album |
| Pater Noster · Dona Nobis Pacem · Missa | Pēteris Vasks | 2007 | Album |
| Glorious Hill | Gavin Bryars, Pēteris Vasks, Eriks Ešenvalds - Latvian Radio Choir | 2007 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 - Cello Concerto | Pēteris Vasks - Marko Ylönen, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds | 2006 | Album |
| Concerto For Violin & Wind Orchestra, Op 12 / Concerto For Violin & String Orchestra 'Distant Light' | Kurt Weill, Pēteris Vasks, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Anthony Marwood | 2005 | Album |
| Time... And Again | Arvo Pärt, Pēteris Vasks, Alfred Schnittke, Giya Kancheli, Vadim Gluzman, Angela Yoffe | 2004 | Album |
| Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' / Musica Dolorosa / Viatore | Pēteris Vasks, Katarina Andreasson, Svenska Kammarorkestern | 2004 | Album |
| Live | Franz Liszt, Pēteris Vasks, Johann Sebastian Bach, Naji Hakim, Philip Glass - Iveta Apkalna | 2003 | Album |
| Piano Quartets | Pēteris Vasks, Tālivaldis Ķeniņš | 2003 | Album |
| Souls In The Dark | Trio Animae / Arvo Pärt - Alfred Schnittke - Pēteris Vasks | 2003 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 • Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' | Pēteris Vasks : Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds, Juha Kangas | 2003 | Album |
| Fourth String Quartet | Kronos Quartet - Pēteris Vasks | 2003 | Album |
| Voices | Pēteris Vasks | 2001 | Album |
| Māte Saule | Pēteris Vasks, Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava, Kaspars Putniņš | 2001 | Album |
| Distant Light / Voices | Pēteris Vasks - Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica | 1999 | Album |
| String Quartets | Pēteris Vasks, Miami String Quartet | 1999 | Album |
| String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 | The Riga String Quartet / Pēteris Vasks | 1999 | Album |
| Symphony “Stimmen” (“Voices”) / Musica Dolorosa / Lauda / Cantabile | Pēteris Vasks - I Fiamminghi, Rudolf Werthen | 1997 | Album |
| Dolorosa | Dmitri Shostakovich / Pēteris Vasks / Alfred Schnittke | 1997 | Album |
| Kammermusik | Pēteris Vasks | 1997 | Album |
| Chamber Music | Pēteris Vasks | 1996 | Album |
| Baltic Elegy: String Quartets By Vasks, Tüür & Pärt | The Duke Quartet - Pēteris Vasks, Erkki-Sven Tüür & Arvo Pärt | 1996 | Album |
| Cello Concerto | Pēteris Vasks | 1996 | Album |
| Stimmen And Other Baltic Works For String Orchestra, Vol. 1 | Pēteris Vasks, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas | 1995 | Album |
| Cantabile And Other Baltic Works For String Orchestra, Vol. 2 | Pēteris Vasks, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas | 1995 | Album |
| Message | Pēteris Vasks | 1994 | Album |
| Baltic Organ Music | Hans-Ola Ericsson, Arvo Pärt, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Peeter Süda, Imants Zemzaris, Pēteris Vasks, Bronius Kutavičius | 1993 | Album |
| Cantabile Per Archi · Botschaft · Musica Dolorosa · Symphonie "Stimmen" | Pēteris Vasks | 1993 | Album |
| Lauda Per Orchestra | Pēteris Vasks | 1991 | Album |
| Камерная И Симфоническая Музыка | Pēteris Vasks | 1986 | Album |
| З. Лоренцс, Ю. Карлсонс, П. Плакидис, П. Васкс | Zigismunds Lorencs, Juris Karlsons, Pēteris Plakidis, Pēteris Vasks | 1980 | Album |
| Latviešu Jauno Komponistu Kamermūzika = Камерная Музыка Молодых Латвийских Композиторов | Pēteris Vasks / Imants Zemzaris / Vilnis Šmīdbergs | 1980 | Album |
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