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Ēvalds Siliņš [1] (1919 – 2015) was a Latvian composer, teacher and conductor.

Biography

Siliņš [2] was born on March 10, 1919 in Ēveles parish, Valka county of Latvia.

From 1932 to 1938 he studied at the Priekule Agricultural Gymnasium and at the same time he also studied piano at the People’s Conservatory of Cesis.

In 1962 Siliņš graduated with honors from the conducting department of the Latvian State Conservatory named after Jāzeps Vītols and studied for two more years at the composition department.

For almost 50 years (from 1948 to 1996) Siliņš worked as a music teacher at Rūjiena Secondary school. In 1998 Rūjiena, appreciating his contribution, awarded him the title of Honorary Citizen. There is also a monument dedicated to Siļiņš in Rūjiena. The author of the monument is Aivars Gulbis.

In parallel with his work as a teacher, Siliņš also worked as a conductor outside of school. For more than 30 years he led a mixed choir at Rūjiena House of Culture, the women’s choir “Straume”, the mixed choir “Naukšēni”, various vocal ensembles and a pop orchestra.

In 1965 he became the chief conductor of the Valmiera region choirs. As the chief conductor with the choirs Siliņš performed concerts not only in Latvia, but also abroad.

Both, independently and together with other authors, Siliņš created about 80 methodological works in the field of music education, including 12 official textbooks, which are still used today in Latvia. He is the author of about 100 children’s songs.

In 1995 Siļiņš received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia, and in 1996, a golden honorary badge of the Order of Three Stars.

Evald Silinsh rests in the St.Bertulis cemetery in Rūjiena.