The school’s name and home
In 2009, Jāzeps Mediņš Music School merged with Riga 1st Music School to form Jāzeps Mediņš Riga 1st Music School. It moved from Skolas iela 15 to Kronvalda bulvāris 8. Historical records retain the school’s name used at the time.
Former conductors
Edgars Linde
Born on 6 May 1971. He studied choral conducting at Emīls Dārziņš Music School from 1977 to 1989 and graduated from the choral conducting department of the Latvian Academy of Music in 1994. From 1994 to 2008, he worked with the boys’ choir department of Jāzeps Mediņš Music School as a conductor and teacher of singing and choral conducting.