Read the bio below and try to give details on peteris vasks 's: - years active - caption - origin - genre - birth date - name - background - image - occupation Bio: peteris vasks -lrb- born 16 april 1946 -rrb- is a latvian composer . vasks was born in aizpute , latvia , into the family of a baptist pastor . he trained as a violinist at the jazeps vitols latvian academy of music , as a double-bass player with vitautas sereikaan at the lithuanian academy of music and theatre , and played in several latvian orchestras before entering the state conservatory in vilnius in the neighboring lithuania to study composition with valentin utkin , as he was prevented from doing this in latvia due to soviet repressive policy toward baptists . he started to become known outside latvia in the 1990s , when gidon kremer started championing his works and now is one of the most influential and praised european contemporary composers . vasks ' early style owed much to the aleatoric experiments of witold lutosawski , krzysztof penderecki and george crumb . later works included elements of latvian folk music , such as his gentle and pastoral cor anglais concerto -lrb- 1989 -rrb- . his works are generally extremely clear and communicative , with a solid and muscular sense of harmony . lyrical passages may be followed by agitated dissonances , or interrupted by sombre sections with a march-like feel . he made extensive use of minimalist techniques as well , but never became attached to any particular method . vasks feels strongly about environmental issues , and a sense of nature both pristine and destroyed can be found in many of his works , such as the '' string quartet no. 2 '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- . other important works include '' cantabile '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- and '' musica dolorosa '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- and '' bass trip '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- for solo double bass . he has written five string quartets , the fourth -lrb- 2003 -rrb- and fifth -lrb- 2006 -rrb- of which were written for the kronos quartet . vasks was the recipient of the vienna herder prize of the alfred toepfer foundation in 1996 and the latvian grand music award in 1997 , the latter for his violin concerto '' tala gaisma '' -lrb-...
- years active is 1970s --- caption is vasks in 2007- origin is aizpute , latvian ssr- genre is classical music- birth date is 16 april 1946- name is peteris vasks- background is non_performing_personnel- image is vasks11.jpg- occupation is composer , violinist