Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music

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State higher music education institution in Riga, Latvia. Founded in 1919, it trains musicians and performers across classical, vocal, conducting, and related arts.

People associated with Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music

Adolfs Skulte
Adolfs Skulte 1909–2000
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Studied 1930–1955
head of the composition department 1957–1972
Arvid Zhilinsky
Arvid Zhilinsky 1905–1993
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piano student 1927–1927
composition student 1933–1933
Worked 1937–1967
professor 1967–
Bruno Lukk
Emils Melngailis
Ilze Graubina
Ilze Graubina 1941–2001
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teacher
Janis Ivanovs
Janis Ivanovs 1906–1983
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Studied 1924–1931
teacher of composition theory 1931–1940
professor 1955–
Margeris Zarins
Margeris Zarins 1910–1993
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Studied 1929–1936
Nora Novik
Oleg Kagan
Philippe Hirshhorn
Raffi Kharajanyan
Roland Kriit
Roland Kriit 1917–1998
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Studied 1940–1941
Teofils Bikis
Janis Kepitis 1908–1989
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teacher 1945–
head of the chamber ensemble department 1957–
professor 1979–
Karl Brückner 1893–1963
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professor 1945–1960
Wolfgang Darzins 1906–1962
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composition student –1929
piano student –1934
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A Classroom Across 115 Years

A Classroom Across 115 Years

31 Jul 2026

From 1852 to 1854, Николай Заремба studied music theory with Адольф Маркс in Berlin. More than a century later, in 1967, Филипп Хиршхорн, tr...

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