Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian composer born in Latvia
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Place of Birth: Liepāja, Latvia
About Tālivaldis Ķeniņš
- Talivaldis Keninš (April 23, 1919 in Liepaja – January 20, 2008 in Toronto) was a Canadian composer.
- He was forced to emigrate from Latvia when it fell under Soviet occupation after World War II, moving to Canada around 1951.
- He is credited by Canadian musicologist Paul Rapoport by having introduced many European idioms to Canadian art music.
- CBC Music described him as a "pioneering Canadian composer" and The Canadian Encyclopedia described him as "one of Canada's most frequently commissioned composers."
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