KEY EVENTS IN THE COMPOSER’S LIFE: MEMORIES, TESTIMONIES FROM CONTEMPORARIES, INFLUENCES ON HER MUSIC

Abstract

Summarizing the overview of Maija Einfelde's life and music so far, we can conclude: despite the guidelines that characterize the works created in different decades, from time to time only dominant trends in a certain period of life come to the fore. They become the basis for the periodization of the composer's creative activity. The length of the separable periods is quite different, because sometimes Einfelde has stayed longer with a specific range of genres or content motifs, other times they have changed more rapidly. (..) Similar to her music in general, the composer allows herself to intuition rather than rational planning when designing new works and choosing genres. In the article, the author tells about the life of the composer Maija Einfelde and the connections between her work and the events that shaped the world view of the artist, her experiences. The narrative also includes illustrative quotes from the composer herself, as well as fragments of interviews with other Latvian musicians, who reveal Einfelde's individuality in music and life.