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.