Atis Stepins

Atis Stepiņš was born on May 19th, 1958 in Liepāja (his sister is the cellist Agne Stepiņa).

From 1977 to 1987, he gained his diploma from the Latvian State Conservatory in many music specialties: piano playing (Konstantīns Blūmentāls), organ playing (Pēteris Sīpolnieks, both in 1982), composition (Ādolfs Skulte, 1987).

As of 1989, he is a teacher at the Latvian State Conservatory/Latvian Academy of Music in compulsary piano playing and organ improvisation, and as of 1990 he is the organist of the St. Pavil’s Lutheran Church. Atis Stepiņš’s work as a performing organist includes many notable influences. He is close to J. S. Bach. In contemporary music interpretation and organ improvisation, the Dutch organists Piet Kee and Jan Raas, the Hungarian organist Zsigmond Szathmáry, the Austrian Hans Haselböck, the Swedish musician Anders Bondeman, supplement him. He has participated in the Harlem summer organ academy in Holland (1990, 1992) and in many international organ competitions: award winner in 1990 in Speier, Germany, a laureate at the Vincenzo Petrali organ competition in Ragusa (Sicily, Italy). Atis Stepiņš premiered the new organ at the Berlin College of Arts (now the University of Arts) and played in the festival of the Kazan’ organ opening (1997), he also was on the international jury for the organ competition. In the autumn of 2002, he participated in the Latvian organ music week in Ottawa, Canada, where he performed part of the program together with the saxophonist Artis Gāga.

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Atis Stepins was born 19.05.1958. he was active in social activities in the territory of Latvia.

According to information from SIA Lursoft, and to publications from mass-media and internet, Atis Stepins was related to following organisations:

• LATVIJAS ĒRĢELNIEKU ĢILDE
  Organisations' main business was: Activities of professional membership organisations

Atis Stepins died at the age of 55, in 2013.

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