A resident of Coldstream, BC, Imant Raminsh’s influence as a musician, composer and conductor cannot be understated.
Imant held the position of Principal Second Violin with the OSO from 1977 to 2016. He is the founding conductor of the Prince George Symphony, the Youth Symphony of the Okanagan, NOVA Children’s Choir, and AURA Chamber Choir. His compositions have been performed on six continents by such ensembles as the Vancouver, Edmonton, Hamilton, Toronto, Okanagan, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick Symphonies, the Vancouver Chamber Choir, the Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Choir, the Tokyo Philharmonic Chamber Choir, the Stockholm Chamber Choir, the Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Ave Sol (Latvian Chamber Choir), and many others. His music has been heard in such world-renowned halls as Carnegie Hall (New York), Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow), the Orpheum (Vancouver), Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Notre Dame (Paris) and Santa Maria del’Fiore (Florence).
Raminsh has also pursued studies in geology and biology and worked for many summers as a naturalist/interpreter in BC provincial parks.
In 2019 Imant Raminsh was appointed to the Order of Canada.
