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Leonīds Vīgners

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Birth Date:
10.11.1906
Death date:
23.12.2001
Extra names:
Леонидс Вигнерс, Леонид Вигнер
Categories:
Composer, Conductor, Order of the Three Stars (Latvia), Pedagogue, teacher, Professor, Public figure
Cemetery:
Cimetière de la Forêt (Riga)

Leonīds Vīgners (November 10, 1906 in Moscow – December 23, 2001 in Riga) was a Latvian composer, conductor and teacher.

Life
Leonīds Vīgners was the son of the conductor and composer Ernest Vīgners.

In 1928 he graduated from the Riga Conservatory. He later studied in Switzerland with Felix von Weingartner in Basel. Between 1930 and 1939 he conducted the choir "Dziedonis". From 1936 to 1944 he was a conductor at the Latvian National Opera and assistant to the principal guest conductor Leo Blech. After that he was chief conductor of the Opera and Ballet Theater until 1949 and at the same time, for two seasons, artistic director of the Latvian Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1947 he taught at the conservatory. After its conversion to the Music Academy Jāzeps Vītols he was a professor there from 1961. In 1947 he founded the choir "Mūza", which he directed for many years.

From the 1950s to the 1970s he was - with one break - chief conductor of the Latvian Radio Orchestra. In addition, he conducted other important choirs in Latvia.

In 1973 he conducted the premiere of Imants Kalniņš's 4th Symphony in Riga.

Leonīds Vīgners supported the Singing Revolution. At the 20th Latvian Song Festival, celebrated from June 30 to July 8, 1990, he conducted songs whose public performance had been banned since Latvia's occupation by the Soviet Union.

Leonīds Vīgners was buried in the Riga Forest Cemetery.

In 2007, the Vīgners monument was placed in front of the Latvian National Opera.

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Ernests VīgnersErnests VīgnersFather19.01.185025.05.1933
        2
        Luīze VīgnereMother00.00.186900.00.1920
        3Ivars VīgnersIvars VīgnersSon16.05.194027.06.2007
        4Vitālijs VīgnersVitālijs VīgnersBrother00.00.190700.00.1918
        5Aristīds VīgnersAristīds VīgnersBrother00.00.192922.10.2015
        6Meta KrišjāneMeta KrišjāneSister00.00.190515.01.1958
        7Mirdza Aleksandra ĻebedevaMirdza Aleksandra ĻebedevaSister15.06.189627.07.1930
        8
        Tikla VīgnereSister00.00.189331.08.1895
        9Beatrise Vīgnere OijeBeatrise Vīgnere OijeSister18.02.190316.11.1990
        10Aina VīgnereAina VīgnereWife00.00.191521.07.1979
        11
        Indriķis VīgnersUncle00.06.184505.11.1889
        12
        Tatjana HudobkinaNiece00.00.191904.03.1986
        13Teodors KrišjānisTeodors KrišjānisBrother in-law08.12.189124.02.1965
        14Pauls VīgnersPauls VīgnersGrandson00.00.196500.00.2006
        15Pauls KveldePauls KveldeCoworker13.02.192718.06.2017
        16Terēzija BrokaTerēzija BrokaCoworker30.09.192523.10.2018
        17Jēkabs KārkliņšJēkabs KārkliņšCoworker23.03.186711.11.1960
        18Oļģerts  GrāvītisOļģerts GrāvītisCoworker30.08.192624.11.2015
        19Gastons BrahmanisGastons BrahmanisCoworker13.02.192519.06.1955
        20Inta SpanovskaInta SpanovskaCoworker03.06.193530.05.2019
        21Konstantīns BlūmentālsKonstantīns BlūmentālsCoworker06.02.192511.01.1989
        22Leo BlehsLeo BlehsCoworker21.04.187125.08.1958
        23Lija BrīdakaLija BrīdakaFamiliar03.09.193219.09.2022
        24Mihails KublinskisMihails KublinskisFamiliar12.04.193928.03.2020
        25Pāvils GlaudānsPāvils GlaudānsFamiliar10.12.191521.11.1968
        26Mārtiņš  BraunsMārtiņš BraunsStudent17.09.195124.11.2021
        27Edgars TonsEdgars TonsStudent17.01.191708.05.1967
        28Jānis SproģisJānis SproģisStudent14.10.194407.10.2022
        29Malda LandsbergaMalda LandsbergaStudent23.10.193313.08.2017
        30Edmunds GoldšteinsEdmunds GoldšteinsStudent19.09.192706.10.2008
        31Branislav NušićBranislav NušićIdea mate20.10.186419.01.1938
        32Stanisław Jerzy LecStanisław Jerzy LecIdea mate06.03.190907.05.1966
        33Faina RanevskayaFaina RanevskayaIdea mate27.08.189619.07.1984
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