Andris Kontauts

Дирижер

Andris Kontauts was born in 1974 in Liepaja, Latvia. He has acquired a very comprehensive education – a qualification as a primary school consulting psychologist, a Master’s Degree in the history of didactics and pedagogy, as well as a Master’s Degree in choir conducting specialty at Jazeps Vitols Latvia Academy of Music. Since 1998 Andris Kontauts has been working as a teacher at Emilis Melngailsi Liepaja Secondary School of Music; he has worked with a boy’s choir, but now he teaches young choir and conducts both the school girl’s choir and mixed voice choir „Mare”. The success working with the choir has inspired the conductor to create new compositions himself. He has greatly increased the repertoire of children, women and mixed choirs with several song collections and has gained Professional recognition of the jury in the Latvian Choral Song Competition (1 st prize). Several songs have been included and performed in Latvian Song Festival and Student Song Festival „Gaudeamus”.