Gidon Kremer

Latvian violinist and conductor, born February 27, 1947 in Riga. In 1981 he founded a chamber music festival in Lockenhaus, Austria, named "Kremerata Musica" since 1992. In 1996 he formed a chamber ensemble, Kremerata Baltica. He plays a various repertoire from Vivaldi and Bach to contemporary composers such as Astor Piazzolla, Philip Glass, Alfred Schnittke, Lera Auerbach, Arvo Pärt, John Adams & Luciano Berio.