Tālivaldis Ķeniņš
Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (born April 23, 1919 in Liepāja ; † January 20, 2008 in Toronto ) was a Canadian composer and music teacher of Latvian origin.
The son of a politician and diplomat played the piano from the age of five and began composing when he was eight. After attending the College de Menton and the Lycée de Grenoble , he began to study composition at the Riga Conservatory in 1939 with Jāzeps Vītols . His piano teacher here was Arvīds Žilinskis (1905–1993), and he received orchestration lessons from Ādolfs Ābele . Because of the Soviet invasion of Latvia, he broke off his studies. He returned to France and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris , where Simone Plé-Caussade , Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen were among his teachers.
In 1949 Hermann Scherchen performed his septet at the Darmstadt Festival of New Music, and in the following year he received a scholarship from the UNESCO International Music Council . In 1951 Ķeniņš went to Canada and became organist and music director of St. Andrews Latvian Lutheran Church in Toronto. From 1952 to 1984 he taught composition at the University of Toronto . His students included u. a. Edward Laufer , Walter Kemp , Bruce Mather , Imant Raminsh , Arthur Ozolins , Tomas Dusatko , James Rolfe and Ronald Smith . In 1959 he founded the Latvian Concert Association of Toronto .
In addition to numerous chamber music works, Ķeniņš u. a. eight symphonies, twelve instrumental concertos, three cantatas, an oratorio, choral works and pieces for classroom use. In 1990 Latvian television produced a film about him, and in 1995 he was honored as an officer of the Latvian three-star order . The world premiere of his viola concerto in 2000 received international acclaim. A biography of Kenins by Ingrida Zemzare was published on his 75th birthday in 2004.
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- Biography in the Canadian Music Center (English)
- Elaine Keillor: Talivaldis Kenins ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia . February 25, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
- Tālivaldis Kenins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Anderson: Talivaldis Kenins: Profilic composer exiled from Latvia in the Second World War who found a home in Canada. In: Independent . February 11, 2008, accessed January 13, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ķeniņš, Tālivaldis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liepāja |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 2008 |
| Place of death | Toronto |