Anita Garanča, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Anita Garanča

Latvian singer and educationist (1949-2015)

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1949

Date of Death: 23-Jul-2015

Profession: singer, pedagogue, opera singer

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Anita Garanca (10 February 1949 – 23 July 2015) was a Latvian lieder singer and music teacher.
She is the mother of mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca. In 1973 Garanca graduated from the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music, in 1983 with the Vocal Department.
Pedagogue Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute.
From 1976 to 1982 she was the soloist of the chamber choir "Ave Sol", then until 1989, at the Latvian Philharmonic.
From 1977 to 2001, she directed the young choir "Zvani".
Since 1984 she had been a teacher at the Latvian Academy of Music's Vocal Department, and since 1999 as a professor.In 1995 she received the Spelmanu nakts Award.