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.