Lauma Reinholde
Latvian composer and pianist
Lauma Reinholde (1906 - 1986) was a Latvian composer, pianist and teacher who toured internationally and composed over 300 works. Although sometimes known as Lauma Vikmane after her marriage, she is best known as Lauma Reinholde.
Reinholde was born in Riga to a musical family. Her mother Alvine Rozenberga was a pianist. Her father Janis Reinholde was a composer, conductor, and violinist.
Reinholde began studying piano at age three and attended the Riga Conservatory (today the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music) and the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Her teachers included A. Daugulis, E. Daugovet, and Jāzeps Vītols.
After graduating in 1926, Reinholde studied abroad. Describing this time in an autobiographical article (On the Path of My Life.
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