Iveta Apkalna

Iveta Apkalna (born 30 November 1976, Rēzekne, Latvia) is a Latvian organist and pianist.

Iveta Apkalna studied piano and organ at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, graduating in both instruments with distinction in 1999.

[1] In 2003, she completed a three-year-long study in the organ soloist class of Ludger Lohmann at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Germany.

Her repertoire consists of organ music from J.S.Bach to contemporary composers, thereby bringing it beyond the borders of church walls.

In 1993, she was the official organist in service at Aglona basilica (Latvia) during the visit of Pope John Paul II.