Gidon Kremer (Riga, 27 February 1947) is a Latvian violinist and conductor.
Born in Latvia to parents of German origin, Jews, began studying violin with his father and grandfather (both professional violinists) to 4 years and then continued at the Conservatory in Riga, then to study with David Oistrakh at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow. In 1967 he won third prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium in Brussels, in 1969 the first prize at the Paganini Competition in Genoa and in 1970 the first prize in the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow.
Kremer's first concert in the West takes place in 1975, in Germany, followed by participation at the Salzburg Festival in 1976 and a tour in New York in 1977. In 1981, Kremer creates a festival of chamber music in Lockenhaus, Austria, based on a non-conventional programming of works, from 1992, the festival is known as Kremerata Musica. In 1996, Kremer founded the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra, composed of young musicians from Baltic countries. He serves as artistic director of the festival Art Projekt 92 of Monaco and the summer festival in Gstaad (Switzerland).
plays a Guarneri del Gesu of 1730.
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