Santa Ratniece

Santa Ratniece (born Jelgava, Latvia 1977) is a Latvian composer.^[1]

Ratniece's music has been performed by the Latvian Radio Choir, Latvian contemporary music ensemble Altera Veritas, Sinfonietta Rīga, Estonian singer Iris Oja, the Deutsch-Skandinavische Jugend-Philharmonie, Arditti Quartet, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Canadian string quartet Quatuor Molinari, and the Sydney Symphony Fellows, among others.^[2]

Works

Selected works include:

• Sens nacre for ensemble (2004)
• "Ruby" for clarinet, piano, violin and cello (2004)
• Glittering Pomenade for orchestra (2005)
• "myrrh" for piano (2005)
• "Aragonite" for string quartet (2005)
• "Alvéoles" for string quartet (2005)
• "...Between the Shores of Our Souls..." for voice, flute, kannele and cello (2005)
• "Saline" for mixed choir (2006)
• "Olivine" for percussion (2006)
• "Ombres chinoises lunaires" for trombone and piano (2007)
• "Hirondelles du Coeur" for mixed choir and chamber orchestra (2007)
• "råså" for two kokles, flute and accordion (2008)
• Horo horo hata hata for twelve voices (2008)
• "Ciels gris de cristal" for twelve cellos (2008)
• "Chu dal" for mixed choir (2008)
• "muqarnas" for piano (2009)
• "libellules" for clarinet and cello (2009)
• "hummingbirds" for flute, harp, accordion and cello (2009)
• "Chant des Dunes" for organ and percussion (2009)
• "Shant nadi" Chamber Symphony for chamber orchestra (2011)
• "War Sum Up", multimedia opera (2011)
• "fuoco celeste" for cello and mixed choir (2011)
• "ondulado" for five electric guitars (2012)
• "in this white snow the pearls are lost" for clarinet, violin and piano (2012)
• "Es mīlu mazo, smalko lietu..." for soprano, flute, cello and piano (2013)
• "Concerto" for piano and symphonic orchestra (2014)

References

1. Société de musique contemporaine du Québec. "Santa Ratniece >> Biography". Retrieved 11 April 2014.
2. Musica Baltica. "Ratniece, Santa (1977)". Retrieved 11 April 2014.