Gundaris Pone
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.
In 1963 he moved to New Paltz, New York, where he served as a professor at the State University College at New Paltz, New York. He was a winner of a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award (first place, 1982).
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