Biography

Anna Veismanes’ music is stylistically diverse, starting with sophisticated instrumental and vocal chamber music to jazz-inspired compositions. The source of inspiration is often other forms of art – such as poetry or paintings. Anna’s music is characterized by distinctive images and characters and she prefers to write chamber music, because of personal involvement and cooperation with interpreters, and afterwards, because of the direct and intimate contact with the audience.

   Currently Anna Veismane works at Latvian Radio 3 – Klasika as a producer of sound recordings as well as a program manager and regularly organizes concerts – live broadcasts at the 1st studio of Latvian Radio.

Anna Veismane’s musical performance “Dzeltens trotuārs”/“The Yellow Sidewalk” has received The Latvian Grand Music Award 2023, the highest prize awarded by the Latvian state in the field of music. The performance was created together with actress Guna Zariņa, flutist Maija Zandberga, bassoonist Jānis Semjonovs and pianist Rihards Plešanovs. The song cycle with the poetry by Kārlis Skalbe performed by Mārtiņš Šmaukstelis (tenor), Ilze Ozoliņa (piano) was nominated to The Latvian Grand Music Award 2025.

Anna Veismane collaborated with violinists Baiba Skride, Elīna Bukša, Paula Šūmane, cellists Gunta Ābele, Ilze Grudule, flutists Ilona Meija, Dita Krenberga, Ieva Nīmane, pianists Lauma Skride, Agnese Egliņa, Rūdolfs Vanks, organists Iveta Apkalna, Aigars Reinis, Maria Magdalena Kaczor, harpsichordist Ieva Saliete, guitarist Bogdan Michailescu, violist Edmundo Ramirez, accordionists Timo Kinnunen, William Schimmel, saxophonist Aigars Raumanis, kokle players Anda Eglīte and Līga Griķe, singers Evija Martinsone, Aija Veismane, Ieva Parša, Mārtiņš Šmaukstelis, percussionists Juris Āzers and Guntars Freibergs. Her music has been performed by Latvian Radio Choir, conductor Kaspars Putniņš, Orchestra Rīga, conductor Valdis Butāns, chamber orchestra Sinfonia Concertante, conductors Andris Vecumnieks, Guntis Kuzma, I Solisti Veneti, conductor Claudio Scimone and North/South Chamber Orchestra, conductor Max Lifchitz. Also Riga Saxophone Quartet, vocal group Putni, string quartet ConTempo, trio Metamorfoze, Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (ENMT).

      Anna Veismane (1976) studied in E.Darzins Music School. The first teachers of composition were Pēteris Vasks and Imants Zemzaris. Then she studied composition at the J.Vitols Latvian Academy of Music with Romualds Kalsons and Juris Karlsons graduating with a master’s degree. She has participated in master classes with David Lang, Par Lindgren, John Woolrich, Klas Torstensson, Tapio Tuomela (Young Composers Mastercourses in Latvia), Yannis Kyriakides (Music Laboratory The Process in Lithuania), and Jonathan Harvey (the Time of Music festival in Finland).

Anna’s music has been played in Baltic states, Europe – including the ISCM World New Music Days 2026 (Romania), Finland (Hetta Music Event, Time of Music festival), Japan (festival Creative), South Korea (Pan Music Festival 2016) and USA (Queens New Music Festival).

Anna Veismane has received the 3rd place of the Young Composers Choir Composition Competition organized by Latvian Radio and received a memorial award of Arnolds Sturms and, as a pianist, award of Olgerts Zivers. With the deep interest in the promotion of young composers, Anna Veismane has organized competitions Saules krasts (2002-2008) and Skaņuraksti Ādažos (2014 – 2026).

Anna was an artistic director of the Latvian Composers’ Union festival “The Latvian New Music Days 2022”, she is a member of the Latvian Composer’s Union’s board.

Information in Latvian; https://www.lmic.lv/lv/komponisti/anna-veismane-4321#!/ Scores available here: www.universaledition.com/veismane

Anna Veismane Youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXl3GKcZ7azGUvvI08pZVGw

Spotify link – https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ZWls5LUl8lVBajg7XhsDH