Baiba Skride

Latvian violinist (born 1981)

Baiba Skride is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Baiba Skride as Latvian violinist (born 1981).

Baiba Skride was born at Riga in 1981. Her recorded nationality is Latvia. She trained at Rostock University of Music and Drama.

Streaming replaced the record industry's economics in this generation: reach became enormous and the income per listen very small.

She worked as violinist and musician.

The instruments recorded are violin.

Her work is classed as classical music.

What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.

That the work came out of Latvia shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

Baiba Skride is still performing or recording, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.

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