# Andris Poga, Conductor

> Andris Poga, Conductor – 6 recordings on Ondine. Andris Poga is the Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. He was the Music Director of the…

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- **Role:** Conductor

## Biography

Andris Poga is the Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. He was the Music Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra from 2013 till 2021 and continues to collaborate with the LNSO as its Artistic Advisor.

Highlights of recent years have included concerts with the leading orchestras of Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Scandinavia. After the first successful collaborations he has been invited back to the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester Hamburg, WDR Symphony Cologne, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and many others. He has also conducted the Wiener Symphoniker, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony.

In 2010, Andris Poga was the First Prize winner of the Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition, which thrust him into the international scene. He was an assistant to Paavo Järvi at the Orchestre de Paris from 2011 to 2014, and from 2012 to 2014 he served as an assistant conductor for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Andris has graduated the conducting department of the Jazeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. He also studied philosophy at the University of Latvia and conducting at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts.

www.andrispoga.com

## Discography on Ondine (6)

- [Rolf Wallin: Five Seasons · Whirld · Stride · Spirit](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1429-2.md): Wu Wei, sheng · Eldbjørg Hemsing, violin · Ida Nielsen, electric double bass · Stavanger Symphony Orchestra · Andris Poga (ODE 1429-2, 2024)
- [Arturs Maskats: Accordion Concerto · Tango · Cantus Diatonicus · "My River runs to thee..."](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1419-2.md): Ksenija Sidorova, accordion · Latvian National Symphony Orchestra · Andris Poga, conductor (ODE 1419-2, 2023)
- [Talivaldis Kenins: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 & 7](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1401-2.md): Tommaso Pratola, flute · Egils Upatnieks, oboe · Mārtiņš Circenis, clarinet · Zanda Švede, mezzo-soprano · Latvian National Symphony Orchestra · Andris Poga (ODE 1401-2, 2022)
- [Talivaldis Kenins: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 · Aria](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1388-2.md): Iveta Apkalna, organ · Latvian National Symphony Orchestra · Andris Poga, conductor (ODE 1388-2, 2022)
- [Peteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto · Vestijums · Lauda](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1355-2.md): Albrecht Mayer, oboe · Latvian National Symphony Orchestra · Andris Poga, conductor (ODE 1355-2, 2021)
- [Talivaldis Kenins: Concerto di camera No. 1 · Concerto for Piano · Symphony No. 1](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1350-2.md): Agnese Eglina, piano · Tommaso Pratola, flute · Martins Circenis, clarinet · Edgars Saksons, pecussion · Latvian National Symphony Orchestra · Andris Poga, conductor · Guntis Kuzma, conductor (ODE 1350-2, 2020)