Year Founded:

Founded in 1941;

Activity renewed in 1944;

Registered as the society “Latvian Composers Union” (LCU) in 2005.

Aims and Objectives:

• Promote the development of Latvian professional music and science of music;
• Elevate the prestige of works by professional Latvian composers and musicologists in Latvia and around the world;
• Ensure the opportunity to freely devote oneself to creative work, music research and journalistic activities;
• Protect the professional, social and economic interests and rights of LCU members;
• Protect copyrights of LCU members;
• Facilitate the inclusion of Latvian music in the international cultural arena;
• Be a steward for the cause of preserving the heritage of Latvian music;
• Encourage the inclusion of works by Latvian composers and musicologists living abroad into the Latvian music scene;
• Maintain contacts and facilitate cooperation with national and local governmental institutions, and with NGO organizations of similar kind in Latvia and abroad.

Contact persons:

Rolands Kronlaks – Board Chair of LCU

Address:
Baznīcas Str. 37 -3, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia

Phone: +371 20176304

e-mail: komponisti.lv@gmail.com

Home page: www.komponisti.lv

International Memberships:

IMC (International Music Council, UNESCO);

EMC (European Music Council);

ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music);

IMS (International Musicological Society);

ICTM (International Council for Traditional Music);

ECF, APCOE, ECSA (European Composers organizations).

Membership:

120 members.