chamber music

A piece for clarinet in A, violoncello and piano, commissioned by trio FABEL. An affect, when somebody is trying to get out of a gloomy stagnation, only instead of a successful result they get thrown back and ask if it will ever be achieved? Controlled breathing doesn’t always res...

A piece for string quartet, written during the ISA 2015 in Muerzzuschlag, Austria, revised in 2017. Locust. The beauty of destruction. is a piece of infinite time. By playing with different ways of organizing time, algorithms and different proportion parameters, I have created an evenly...

A miniature cycle for solo clarinet in B and a string ensemble. Premiered in 2019., soloist Anna Gāgane. Little Serenades. Insect meditations. is a set of pieces for solo clarinet (B) and a small string orchestra, all together 9 miniatures, each dedicated for one insect: dung...

The piece was written during festival LNSO Vasarnīca 2019 composition workshop, the basis for this piece is a north-latgalian folk song "behind the ploughman". Written for flute, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, vibrophone, cembalo. In this music I work with...

The piece is written as a commission by the performers -  flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano. In this piece I work on the idea of time, the passage of time, the ending of time, through different techniques.

The piece was awarded the second prize at the composition competition organized by Pēteris Vasks Fund. For flute and prepared piano. I constructed this music as an illusion of a lullaby, during which there is a constant harmonic recession. Photo: Agita Reķe

The piece was commissioned by Pēteris Vasks Fund, the poem written by Māra Cielēna. For solo soprano and piano. MĀKOŅU AITIŅA “Kurp tu zodzies uz pirkstgaliem? Ko tik saudzīgi nes?” “Man rokā visskaistākā tasīte, ...

A piece for woodwind quintet, inspired by a series of paintings by Anda Lāce with the same title, 2015/16 Pārsāts (Sate) was created in collaboration with artist Anda Lāce for her painting series with the same title. The series consists of 20 paintings that are divided in two par...

The male bee ("trans" in latvian) has only one purpose in life - to serve the queen bee and help her to create new worker bees. After completing this task, its existence loses its purpose and it soon dies. A piece for a string quartet. Photo: Agita Reķe

A piece inspired by works of Ieva Epnere on the theme of childhood, what it is to be a child and how we all still are children, longing for our lost moments. A piece for solo double bass. Photo: Agita Reķe

The siren song - created to be the last lullaby heard by sailors, right before they come under the rule of the sirens. Sirens are half women, half birds, they live on desolate islands in the ocean and attract sailors with their songs, make them jump ship and then they eat them.

Three songs for mezzo soprano and piano, premiered by the amazing Vizma Zvaigzne and Justine Eckaut   poem by Santa Skujiņa:   The hands of my girl are waterlilies The kisses of my girl are milk spilled over black soil A baby ...

Neurosis is a fight with oneself that can not be won – you are the loser no matter which part of you wins. Neurosis can be diverse, they are unpredictable and not always do they seem logical. But we all have them, no matter if we acknowledge it or not. The piece is written for a p...