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Guntis Kuzma is equally prominent as a conductor and clarinetist. He has a strong orientation toward contemporary music and is also an important educator. Kuzma's first position was as a clarinetist with the Riga Chamber Musicians. He moved to the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in 2002 and became the group's principal clarinetist in 2008. He took the same position with the Sinfonietta Riga in 2006 or 2007. Kuzma became chief conductor of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in 2014 and recorded several albums with the group before stepping down in 2022. Those albums covered music by composers Talivaldis Kenins and Jānis Ivanovs. His recording of Ivanovs' Symphonies Nos. 17 and 18 became a best-seller in 2022. Kuzma teaches clarinet at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in Riga and served there as head of the department of wind instruments.
Hometown
Latvia
Genre
Classical
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