Name Imants Kokars Role Conductor | Siblings Gido Kokars | |
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Died November 24, 2011, Riga, Latvia Albums Dzejnieks un nara, Ai, mana zemite Similar People Jevgenija Lisicina, Imants Kalnins, Aivars Kalejs, Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova, Janis Sprogis | ||
Imants Kokars (16 August 1921 in Gulbene, Latvia – 24 November 2011 in Riga, Latvia) was a Latvian pedagogue and conductor. His twin brother Gido Kokars was also a conductor. He has been chief conductor of several Latvian Song and Dance Festivals and initiated the Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival in 1995.
On 12 April 1995 Imants Kokars was awarded the Order of the Three Stars, third class.
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