
Raimonds Pauls
Sound
Biography
Raimonds Pauls (1936) is the most prolific and one of the most well-known Latvian composers of popular music. Pauls is a skilled jazz pianist and he is credited for noticing talent in many new singers, as he has been the musical producer of several musical ensembles and spearheaded the careers of many popular singers.
Born: January 12, 1936
Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
Known For

Valeria: Russian Romances and Golden Hits of the 20th Century

Month of the Witches
Two Latvian actors travel the country and visit different witches and healers to find purpose to their lives after years of alcoholism, which has had a great impact on their personal health. On the way they run into trouble, adventure and many comic, as well as tragic, situations.

Raimonds Pauls. Portrets ar mūziku
A film of the popular composer Raimonds Pauls - with music, songs and open conversation about popularity, light and serious music

Stāsts par lielām dziesmām. 1. Latvijas Mūzikas Lielais koncerts.
The musical film tells the story of the birth of a new tradition - the popular music festival and its core idea - to create real Latvian Music Festivals for the audience, which celebrate the diverse multi-generational musical values created in Latvia.

My Dad - Intars Busulis
A candid film about Intar's life from the perspective of his children. In the film, they interview people close to their dad and important in his life, and also look for answers to not so convenient questions.

Maestro bez frakas
The composer Raimonds Pauls, the artist of the USSR People's Stage, shares his thoughts on life and work. The authors focus on the difficult daily work of a talented artist.

Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
Raimonds Pauls is almost 85 years old, rehearses almost every day and performs at least once a week. What drives him? Not only he is the most popular composer in Latvia: his songs are sung all over the world. "Dāvāja Māriņa" is so popular in Japan that Paul received the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. In concerts, he collaborates with world stars of Latvian origin - soprano Elīna Garanča, organist Iveta Apkalna, conductor Mariss Jansons. The Latvian Television film crew follows him during the pandemic, realizing that the restrictions and threats of Covid-19 hardly stop the Maestro in the course of his eternal engine. How does he cope with the challenges that time imposes on a person's physical form and the loneliness when most friends have passed away? What is the source of his inexhaustible lifestyle and creative spirit?

Maestro Raimonds Pauls. Dziesmiņa par prieku
The film follows the Maestro's work on the concert program "Shakespeare. Sonnets. Pauls. Busulis. Keišs" during rehearsals, radio recordings, and the premiere. The camera also follows Raimonds Pauls during the creation of the Midsummer Eve and Christmas programs, capturing the Maestro's insights, conversations with colleagues, instructions to young soloists and actors, and his inevitable jokes.
Filmography
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