Ilona Breģe


Ilona Breģe is a composer, pianist and musicologist.

Life

Breģe was born in Riga. She graduated from the Latvian Music Academy as a pianist in 1983 and as a composer in1986. She became a Doctor of Art in 1993.
Breģe was the solo pianist in the Latvian Philharmonic until she became a researcher in the Latvian Science Academy in the Literature, Folklore and Art department in 1998. She was the General Manager of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2006. In 2006, she became the Managing Director of the Riga Professional Symphonic Band.
Her music has been played by Kremerata Baltica.

Selected compositions

Publications

  • Teātris senajā Rīgā – vēstures fakti, vācu kultūra un skats pāri diviem gadsimtiem. – Riga: Zinātne, 1997, 228 pages;
  • Cittautu mūziķi Latvijā 1401–1939 . – Riga: Zinātne, 2001, 232 pages.