Gundaris Pone

Gundaris Pone

Gundaris Pone (October 17, 1932 – March 15, 1994) was a Latvian-born American composer of contemporary classical music, conductor, and professor.

Born in Riga, Latvia, he emigrated to the United States in 1950, where he earned a doctorate in music from the University of Minnesota in 1962.

In 1963 he moved in New Paltz, New York, where he served as a professor at the State University College at New Paltz, New York. His notable students include Craig Fryer.

He was a winner of a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award (first place, 1982).

He died of cancer at the Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, New York on March 15, 1994, at the age of 61.

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E1DB1F3DF93BA25750C0A962958260 Gundaris Pone obituary from "The New York Times] , 1994
* [http://www.m-saule.lv/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=41 Article about Gundaris Pone]


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