Armands Strazds
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| Born | March 10, 1970 |
| Origin |  Riga, Latvia |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Producer, Software developer |
| Website | http://www.strazds.com |
Armands Strazds (born March 10, 1970 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian composer, producer and software developer.
Studied composition with Gederts Ramans and Friedhelm Doehl, computer music with Dirk Reith; PhD studies on Learning Technologies with Atis Kapenieks.
Author of the EXPO 2000 project Zime together with Modris Tenisons (2000).
Author of the Golden Book of Hymnica (1990).
Developer of algorithmic composition systems: digital winds (1995), hymnica (2003).
[edit] Selected works
- The Prophet / Angels Forever in Flight (opera for soprano, tenor, mixed choir and orchestra, 2002, ~90’).
- Laudamus (symphony, 1994, ~12’).
- Elysium (an oratorio for five sopranos, two vibraphones, viola and ten violins, 1993, ~30’)
- Prayer (an oratorio for three sopranos, three tenors, three choirs, tubular bells, tam-tam, bass drum and cymbals, 1992, ~20’)
- Requiem (soprano, tenor, bass, double mixed choir and string orchestra, 1991, ~30’)
- Gitanjali (an oratorio for soprano, tenor, mixed choir, string orchestra and percussions, 1990, ~50’, CD CR 01 011 94)
- Vēstules tālajai zvaigznei / Letters to the Distant Star (a rock oratorio for soprano, tenor, mixed choir, piano, flute, cello and percussions, 1989, ~50’)
- Studies of Space / Studia spatii (two marimbas, dedicated to the Wooden Art Duo, 1994, ~8’)
- Studies of Rhythms and Color / Studia numeri et coloris (wind quintet, 1994, ~5’)
- Structure 4 (string quartet, based on G.M.Koenig’s Projekt 1, 1994, ~3’)
- Vedanta (cello, dedicated to Zheng Liu, 1994, ~11’)
- Hexagram (a palindrome for chamber orchestra, 1992, ~5’)
- Stikla pērlīšu spēle / Glassperlenspiel (piano and voice, 1989, ~5’)
- The Bride (music for tape, two digital celli, dedicated to the Leipzig Tanztrio, 1994, ~6’)
- Hymnica (computer and synthesizer, 2003)
- Simple Machines (IBM computers, 1994)
- The Wave (sine tones tape, 1993, 12’)
- Klangbilder nach Brahms (film music, produced at the Crea studio, 1997, 40’).
- Spirit of the Cities / Geist der Staedte (film music, 2006, 25’)
