Ojārs Grīnbergs (19 November 1942 – 22 April 2016) was a Soviet and Latvian singer.

Biography

Ojārs Grīnbergs was born on 19 November 1942 in

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. Since 1961, he was a soloist with various ensembles in Riga. During his military service in the Soviet Army, he was the founder and lead singer of the vocal and instrumental ensemble ''Zvyozdochka'', which became the winner of the competition of ''"Liepaja Amber"''. He was a member of the Riga variety orchestra (1966–1974). Since 1973, he sang in a duet with Margarita Vilcāne, both performers were soloists in the pop ensemble Latvian State Philharmonic, who bore the title of 1979 ''Tip Top''. He took part in the recording of the

Raimonds Pauls Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936) is a Latvian composer and a pianist who is well known in the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe. He was the Minister of Culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993. His songs were performed by such popular si ...

studio albums ''Tev, mana labā'' (1969) and ''Tik dzintars vien'' (1970). He was the winner of the International Competition ''Rostock-72'' Pop Song (1972). He was a member of the party Tautas kustība Latvijai (1995–1996), deputy

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(1995–1998). He was a Chevalier of the

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Death

Ojārs Grīnbergs died in Riga on 22 April 2016 of lung cancer, aged 73.

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Личные данные на портале СеймаOjārs Grīnbergs BRG mājas lapā
1942 births 2016 deaths Musicians from Riga People's Movement for Latvia politicians Deputies of the 6th Saeima 20th-century Latvian male singers Soviet male singers Politicians from Riga Deaths from cancer in Latvia {{Latvia-bio-stub