born in Mariampole, Lithuania, died in Riga; buried I Forest Cemetery. Opera and concert singer mezzo-soprano. Father teaches. RMI and was a clarinetist. Already in early childhood he teaches privately. singing with Pāvuls Jurjānas and Paula Saks. She was a chorister and singer of minor roles in Riga's New Theater (1909-11), Interim Theater (1911-13), Pāvul Jurjāna's Latvian Opera (1913-15). During the First World War, he lived in Georgia and studied at the Tbilisi Conservatory (1915-21) under its director and composer N. Cherepnin, B. Korsov and A. Zelonaya. Graduated with a laureate diploma. During his studies, he sings in the Tbilisi Opera. After returning to Latvia, she was a soloist of the Liepāja Opera (1922-25) and LNO (1925-35, 1940-41, 1944-48), in between she sang in the productions of some operas. In total, she played ~60 roles. Taught singing at Liepāja TK (1922-25), Riga State MS (1943) and LK (1944-53). J. Vilgerte, D. Kupce and others study in her vocal class. c. Together with the Russian bass F. Shaliapin, she participated in the performances of the Berlin Opera in Germany (1928). Has also performed in Sweden. 1935-47 soloist in the regular LRd Emilis Melngailis author programs Dainas und danči. She was married to the cellist Evalda Berzinski.

Roles: Emilia (Verdi's Otello, 1926); Lubava (Rimska-Korsakova Sadko, 1927); Grandmother and Forest Mother (Jāņa Mediņa Sprīdītis, first film, 1927); Laura Adorno (Ponchielli Gioconda, 1928); Azucena (Verdi Troubadour, 1928); Chypra (The Gypsy Baron by Johann Strauss, 1929); Kashchei's Daughter (Rimsky-Korsakov's The Immortal Kashchei, 1931); Khiva (Mussorgsky's Sorochina Fair, 1932); Carmen (Bizet's Carmen, 1932); Juno (Offenbach's Orpheus Underground, 1932); Siebel (Gunot Faust, 1932); Ceska (Puccini's Gianni Schici, 1932); Erodeia (Richard Strauss's Salome, 1934); Ortrude (Wagner Lohengrin, 1935); Delilah (Sensance Samson and Delilah, 1935); Vešeriene (Jāņa Kalniņa Ugunī, first viewing 1937); Amneris (Verdi's Aida, 1938); The Countess (Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades, 1946); Berta (Rossini's The Barber of Seville, 1947) and c.

In 1935, she was awarded the TZO, in 1945 she was awarded the LPSR N. b. m. d. name.