Raimonds Tiguls (born 5 December 1972 in

Talsi Talsi (; liv, Tālsa, german: Talsen) (population 11,371) is a town in Latvia. It is the administrative centre of Talsi Municipality. It is nicknamed the "green pearl of Courland". Etymology It is believed that the name is derived from an old L ...

Latvian SSR The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR), also known as Soviet Latvia or simply Latvia, was a federated republic within the Soviet Union, and formally one of its 16 (later 15) constituent republics. The Latvian Soviet Socialist Rep ...

) is a Latvian

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and

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musician, composer, and producer.

Career

He has received multiple

Annual Latvian Music Recording Awards The Annual Latvian Music Recording Award ( lv, Latvijas Mūzikas ierakstu gada balva) is the annual award for the best Latvian musicians. The award was established in 1995 (for music on 1994) under the name Mikrofona Gada Balva (Microphone of the ...

. In 2003, his album ''Bay Lounge'' also won the prize for Best Instrumental, Film or Theatre Musical Album. In 2006, his album ''Zils. Balts. Zaļš.'' won the prize for Best Contemporary Folk Music Album, as well as Best Instrumental, Film or Theatre Musical Album. He is credited as the main planner and organiser of concerts at Tiguļkalns in

with international guest performers. Two of Tiguls' songs – ''Lec, saulīte!'', with lyrics by Rasa Bugavičute-Pēce, and ''Dod, dieviņi!'', with lyrics by Nora Ikstena – have been performed at the closing concert of the

Latvian Song and Dance Festival The Latvian Song and Dance Festival ( lv, Vispārējie latviešu Dziesmu un Deju svētki) is one of the largest amateur choral and dancing events in the world and an important event in Latvian culture and social life. As one of the Baltic song ...

Discography

Albums

* ''Moonlight sound design'' (1999) * ''Don't turn away'' (2001) * ''De angelis'' (2001; together with the Schola Cantorum Riga) * ''Bay Lounge'' (2003) * ''Vēstule Ziemassvētkos'' (2009) * ''Carmina'' (2011) * ''Islands'' (2012) * ''Vaira. Saules Dainas'' (2016; together with

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born 1 December 1937) is a Latvian politician who served as the sixth President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She is the first woman to hold the post. She was elected President of Latvia in 1999 and re-elected for the seco ...

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References

External links

Official website
(in English)
Musica Baltica: Raimonds Busulis

Delfi.lv: Temas – Raimonds Tiguls
1972 births Living people Latvian composers Latvian musicians People from Talsi {{composer-stub