Andis Paegle was born in Riga, Latvia, and received his early musical education at the Riga Cathedral Choir School and the Latvian Academy of Music. From an early age, he was shaped by the rich Baltic choral tradition, extensive international concert tours and an intensive engagement with sacred and choral music. Encouraged by his piano teacher Atis Stepiņš, he began studying the organ and later moved to Germany as a scholarship holder of the Latvian Ministry of Culture.

At the Lübeck Academy of Music, he studied Church Music with Professor Martin Haselböck while developing a particular passion for historical keyboard instruments and the harpsichord. He subsequently completed the highest degree in Church Music (A-Examination), specialising in choral and orchestral conducting. His studies were complemented by masterclasses with distinguished musicians including Robert Hill, Bob van Asperen, Wolfgang Zerer and Andreas Marcon.

Since 2008, Andis Paegle has served as Director of Church Music for the Lutheran parishes of Bargteheide and Eichede in northern Germany. There, he has developed a diverse programme of concert series, choral projects, congregational singing initiatives, broadcast services and artistic collaborations. The ensembles under his direction combine high artistic standards with a vibrant musical community. Highlights of his work include performances of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, as well as international concert projects such as a performance of Martín Palmeri’s Misa Tango in New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Alongside his work as a church musician, Andis Paegle is active as an organist, harpsichordist, conductor and chamber musician. Since 2022, he has served as Artistic Director of Balticoro, a Baltic choir based in Hamburg. A particular interest of his artistic work lies in the dialogue between tradition and innovation. Alongside the performance of major choral repertoire, he is engaged in improvisational, interdisciplinary and experimental projects. This artistic openness is also reflected in the international duo MoonBach with Iranian violinist Azadeh Maghsoodi, which brings together Bach, Persian musical traditions and Baltic cultural heritage.

His musical interests range from Gregorian chant and early music to contemporary repertoire, improvisation and sound exploration using historical and electronic keyboard instruments. At the heart of his work are the encounter of people through music, the preservation of musical traditions and the search for new artistic forms of expression.