title: Imants Kokars
text: # Imants Kokars
  
  Imants Kokars (16 August 1921 in Gulbene, Latvia – 24 November 2011 in Riga, Latvia) was a Latvian pedagogue and conductor. His twin brother Gido Kokars was also a conductor. Imants Kokar has been chief conductor of several Latvian Song and Dance Festivals and initiated the Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival in 1995.
  
  On 12 April 1995 Imants Kokars was awarded the Order of the Three Stars, third class.
  
  