1879–1951
Composer, conductor, organist, pianist, publicist

An outstanding Latvian composer, organist and conductor, composer of the first Latvian national opera Baņuta.

1890–1962
Conductor, educator

Born 23 November 1890 in Tartu, Estonia. Studied violin at Rīga’s Imperial Music School (1904-1909) and the St Petersburg Music School (1910), studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory (1913-1916).

1890–1976
Choreographer, educator, Latvian dance master

Born 19 August 1890 at the Upītes farmstead, Plātere Parish, Rīga District. Graduated from the Natālija Draudziņa High School, Educational theory class (1909).

1885–1971
Composer, conductor, educator, music critic, organist

One of the most prominent representatives of the unique Mediņš family in Latvian music.

1874–1954
Conductor, composer, folklore collector, music critic

Notable Latvian conductor and composer, made a huge contribution to the collecting and compiling of folk music.

1908–1981
Conductor, educator, composer

Born on 30 May 1908 in Jelgava. Studied at the Škibe, then the Dobele elementary school and secondary school (1923-1926), actively participating in the school orchestra and choir.

1917
Ballet dancer, choreographer

Born 28 December 1917 in Rīga. Acquired his first ballet skills at the M. Štāla ballet studio and at the Ballet School of the State Opera and Ballet Theatre (1944–1950).

1928–1965
Ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet master, educator

One of the most outstanding personalities in the history of Latvian ballet.
Born 13 April 1928 in Pavlovsk, Russia. She began learning the fundamentals of dance at the age of eight, entering the Chekrigin Ballet Studio in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the Leningrad School of Choreography in the class of renowned educator Agripina Vaganova (1924), then worked as an instructor at the school (1925–1927) and until 1927, was a soloist at the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theatre.

1906–2001
Conductor, educator, composer

One of the 20th century’s most outstanding conductors of choirs, orchestras and opera performances.

1920–1991
Ballet dancer, choreographer, educator

Founder and developer of Latvia’s children’s folk-dance ensemble traditions.
Zinaīda Zeltmate (Dondukova) was born in Tyumen, Siberia on 2 October 1920, but returned to Rīga with her family in December 1920. She learned the fundamentals of dance in Beatrise Vīgnere’s rhythmic courses, but at the age of 14 began her studies at the Helēna Tangijeva-Birzniece Ballet School (1941–1944). After graduation, danced at the Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Rīga Operetta Theatre (1944–1949).