Ilze Reine

Ilze Reine was born in 1970 in the city of Smiltene, Latvia. She attended the piano class at the Cēsis College of Music, and, at the same time, studied organ with Lelde Krastiņa. She continued her organ studies at the Latvian Academy of Music with Larisa Bulava (bachelor’s degree in 1997, Master's degree in 1999), at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik (Herford, Germany), and attended master classes held by J. Laukwik, H.Vogel, B. van Oosten and E.Kooiman. Ilze Reine has given concerts in Latvia, Germany and Hungary. Simultaneously with her studies, Ilze Reine has worked as an organist of the Evangelic Lutheran parish in Rauna, but since 1997, she is the organist and the church choir leader of the St. John's Church in Riga, being also responsible for the musical life of the parish.