Having thus convinced himself that he was also capable of writing in this genre, he continued composing for symphony orchestra from time to time in the years to come. He completed his opera Minhauzena precības (The Marriage of Munchausen) and the Concerto for violin and orchestra in 1945. Ķepītis continued his work as a musician during the Second World War as much as circumstances allowed, but his career truly began to flourish after the war. The Latvian Cultural Foundation of that time awarded the bright and promising young artist the opportunity and means to spend a year and a half continuing his education in Paris and Wiesbaden. The trio popularised Latvian music by performing widely in concert and being a frequent guest on radio broadcasts. Vītols Trio with some of his most promising students: Ķepītis, Voldemārs Rušēvics and Atis Teihmanis. In approximately 1933, Vītols established his famous J. Ķepītis began his career in music as a pianist and accompanist for Rīgas Radio (1934–1952). He graduated from the conservatory a third time in 1934, having studied conducting under Jānis Mediņš. Pauls Šūberts piano class just a year later. Ķepītis graduated from Vītols’ composition class in 1931, graduating from Prof. Jāzeps Vītols at the Latvian Conservatory. It is precisely this ability of the emerging composer that caught the eye of Prof. With the support of the progressive pastor Helmers Pavasars in Valmiera, the young Ķepītis was allowed access to the sonorous church organ, and it was with this instrument that he first explored the possibilities of improvisation. He had performed as a solo pianist and accompanist since the age of fourteen. In 1926 he graduated from the Valmiera Gymnasium and also the piano class at the Valmiera music school.
Ķepītis attended the Pakalniņš parish school in Valmiera. It is thanks to this instrument that he was able to access the books in the Trikāta church and gain an archivist’s insight and confirmation of his father’s and grandfather’s stories. He is less known as an organist, although the organ had always been his great love. Ķepītis is best known as a pianist, music teacher and composer of songs, operas and symphonic and chamber music. Both of Ķepītis’ parents loved music greatly, and the young boy began learning to play the piano from them. His father was dismissed from his job as a teacher due to his progressive opinions, and therefore his mother, a seamstress, was forced to provide for the family. Jānis Ķepītis was born on January 2, 1908, in Trikāta administrative parish.
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