Education
Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.
Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.
He has performed solo recitals and toured with various ensembles throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, included participating in dozens of international organ festivals in the United States, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Estonia. Plays in prestigious venues (Notre Dame de Paris), performs classical repertoire, own compositions and improvisations. Performing concerts as a soloist and a great ensemble partner, he successfully gained an international recognition.
Up to 2004, he has recorded six solo CDs and participated in 34 Civil Defense recordings, including as chief organist for the Riga Dome Boys" Choir.
Aivars Kalējs has worked with such conductors as Andris Nelsons, Māris Sirmais, Andres Mustonen, Pierre Cao, Sigvards Kļava, Normunds Šnē, Imants Kokars and Andris Veismanis. Foreign many years he has playing duos with soprano opera singer Inessa Galante and legendary French horn player Arvīds Klišāns.
His stage partners are such musicians as violinist Gidon Kremer, violist Maxim Novikov, cellist Alexander Kniazev, bass-baritone Egils Siliņš, soprano Inga Kalna, flutist Dita Krenberga, oboe player Uldis Urbāns, contralto Lina Mkrtchyan, such collectives as Kremerata Baltica, State Choir Latvija, Latvian Radio Choir, Chamber Choir Agile Virtual Enterprise SOL and many national symphony orchestras. Aivars Kalējs has written about 100 opuses of symphonic, organ, piano, chamber and choir music
He studied under Ādolfs Skulte, Nikolajs Vanadziņš and Lūcija Garūta.
SHEET music - "Via Dolorosa" by Kalējs SHEET music - Toccata on the Chorale "Gloria in excelcis Deo"/"Allein Gott in der Höh science Ehr" by Kalējs SHEET music - Edition Peters - Kalejs, Aivars "Prayer" (Lūgšana) Sheet music and records - Aivars Kalējs Civil Defense.
Union of Soviet Composers.
