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Canadian composer of Latvian descent (born 1943)

Imant Karlis RaminshCM OBC (Latvian: Imants Kārlis Ramiņš, born 18 September 1943) is a Canadiancomposer of Latvian descent, best known for his choral compositions. He resides in Coldstream, British Columbia.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in Ventspils, Latvia, he came to Canada in 1948 and became a naturalized citizen in 1954.

He completed an ARCT (Associate of The Royal Conservatory of Music) diploma in violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Ontario, Canada where he was a pupil of Albert Pratz. He then earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Toronto, where he studied with Elmer Iseler.

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He then spent two years at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, during which he studied composition, fugue, violin and conducting.

Career

During his studies in Salzburg, Raminsh played in the professional Camerata Academica orchestra. He established the music dep imant raminsh biography channel1 ZUVO