Praulins, Ugis (1957)
Biography Works
The composer, audio producer,
sound engineer, and arranger Uģis Prauliņš was born on June 17th,
1957 in Riga. He studied at the Emīls Dārziņš College of Music
(1964–1974, first in the choir class, later in the music theory
department). In 1978, he enrolled in the Latvian State
Conservatory, where in 1982 he completed the music pedagogy
department. In 1982 he enrolled in the composition division and
completed that in 1989 (he studied with Jānis Ivanovs, and, after
his death, studied with Ģederts Ramans). He worked as a sound
engineer at the first studio of Latvian Radio (1981–1986), was a
composer of music for advertisements for Latvian Independent
Television (1996–1997), and a producer for the London record
company AMI
International (Red Bus Recording
Studios) and the film
studio Cinevilla (Jūrmala). He is a
member of the Latvian Composers’ Union (as of 1994), was a chairman
of the board (2004-2009), and is a member of the Performing Right
Society in London (as of 1998), and the Mechanical-Copyright
Protection Society in London (as of 2003).
Music performed in Latvia, many other European countries,
Japan, USA, Canada and Australia. Missa
Rigensis is included in the repertoire of many
well-known world choirs.