1830–1912
Conductor, educator, organist, arranger

Notable conductor, organist, master organ builder and music educator, one of the most important creators of the Latvian music scene in the Kurzeme Province in the second half of the 19th century.

1856–1922
Conductor, composer, folklore collector, music critic

Andrejs Jurjāns or Jurjāna Andrejs is a notable Latvian conductor, folklorist and composer, and initiator of the Latvian cantata, symphonic music, suite and concert genres.

1850–1933
Conductor, composer, folklore collector

Notable choir and orchestra conductor, composer and folklore collector. The first Latvian musician to receive professional education at the Moscow Conservatory, as well as one of the pioneers of Latvian professional music.

1841–1919
Conductor, organist, composer, educator

Born on 7 May 1841 at the Vecdreimaņi homestead in Vīķi parish. Attended the Aloja Congregational school (1855-1858), later the Vidzeme Teachers’ Seminary in Valka (1859-1862), where he was recruited as an assistant teacher (1862-1867). Importantly, met Jānis Cimze here, who laid deep ideological foundations for the rest of Zīle’s life.