Ēriks Ešenvalds

Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds has gained fans in Western Europe and North America as well as in the Baltic countries with choral music and music in other genres that draws on an eclectic group of styles for specific expressive ends. Esenvalds was born January 26, 1977, in Priekule, Latvia. At first planning a career in the ministry, he studied for two years at the Latvian Baptist Theological Seminary, switching to music and earning a Master's degree in composition from the Latvian Academy of Music in 2004. He went on to enroll in master classes with a group of Western comp...