Raimonds Pauls

Raimonds Pauls
Raimonds Pauls in August 2010
Born
Ojārs Raimonds Pauls

(1936-01-12) 12 January 1936 (age 88)
Rīga, Latvia
EducationSecondary Musical School of E. Darziņš
Alma materLatvian State Conservatory
Occupation(s)Composer, pianist
Years active1956-
Notable workMillion Roses (1982)
TitlePeople's Artist of the USSR (1985)
Awards

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.[1] He was the Minister of Culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993.

His songs were performed by such popular singers as Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontyev, Laima Vaikule, Jaak Joala, Roza Rymbayeva, Svetlana Loboda and others.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Biography for Raymond Paul". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  2. ^ "Раймонд Паулс - биография". tass.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  3. ^ "Вайкуле, Пугачева, Леонтьев — «тройка, семерка, туз» Раймонда Паулса". www.mk.ru (in Russian). 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  4. ^ LOBODA (2016-03-09). LOBODA - Скрипач на крыше ("Раймонд Паулс. Святая к музыке любовь"). Retrieved 2024-08-26 – via YouTube.