Gundaris Pone (October 17, 1932 – March 15, 1994) was a Latvian-American composer of contemporary classical music, conductor, and professor.
Born in Riga, Latvia, he emigrated to the United States in 1950 after his fleeing the advancing Soviet troops, where he earned a doctorate in music from the University of Minnesota in 1962.
He died of cancer at the Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, New York on March 15, 1994, at the age of 61.
Adrian Pone, Born December 20, 1964, was a colonel and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force.
However, it is his former Theory and Composition student, Roberto Bolero Noriega, who would work with notable figures in popular music, including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Madonna, and Julio Iglesias.