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Professor graduated from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian State Conservatory, the class of prof. Bernhards Tiltiņš in 1984, and has been leading the viola class at the Latvian Academy of Music since 1993. At the same time, Arigo Strāls is the musician of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and regularly participates in Vidzeme Chamber Orchestra and Nordic Symphony Orchestra projects. Arigo Štrāls has collaborated with many outstanding conductors like Neeme Järvi, Mariss Jansons, Kristian Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Gennady Rozhdestvenski, Yuri Simonov, Krszysztof Penderecki, Olari Elts, Mikelsen Terje, Karel Mark Chichon, Andris Nelsons. With the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra he has performed in Austria, Czechia, Greece, Italy, Japan (Santoro Hall in Tokyo), Russia, the Netherlands (Amsterdam Concertgebouw), Norway, Poland, Portugal, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Germany (Staatsoper Berlin, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Berliner Philharmonie) and Sweden. Arigo Štrāls has performed as a soloist in both Europe and Asia, and has performed premieres of the peices by several Latvian composers, including Alvils Altmanis, Pēteris Plakidis, Ilona Breģe, Georgs Pelēcis, among the others.
He is the artistic director of the International A. Dombrovskis Competition, and has served as a jury member and a chairman at various other competitions. Arigo Štrāls has conducted masterclasses in Latvian music schools, as well as abroad, at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Vitoria Conservatory in Brazil, Milan Conservatory, and at many other educational institutions.
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