Artūrs Maskats
Arturs Maskats (born 20 December 1957 in Valmiera) is a Latvian composer and since 1996 artistic director of the Latvian National Opera. His orchestral composition, Tango, received international exposure as one of the finalist works of the third Masterprize International Composing Competition in 2003. It was also played at the 2022 Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn by the Vienna Philharmonic under Andris Nelsons in Vienna, Austria.
Artūrs Maskats
- Born
- 1957. · Valmiera.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Latvia.
- Occupation
- composer and musician.
- Fields
- art music.
- Education
- Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.
- Honours
- Grand Music Award.
- Languages
- Latvian.
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Artūrs Maskats apparaît dans les notices d'autorité de la Bibliothèque nationale de France et de la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek comme compositeur et musicien (naissance : 20 décembre 1957).
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Artūrs Maskats naquit le 20 décembre 1957 ; le lieu de naissance est Valmiera, Lettonie, selon la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek et la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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• Tango for orchestra • Opera Valentina
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1957
Artūrs Maskats was born in 1957 at Valmiera.
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- 1.Michel-Rostislav Hofmann. Musiques de la Russie et de ses voisins. Music. 119. 2003.
- 2.Latvian National Opera and Ballet. Arturs Maskats. opera.lv.
- 3.Clements, Andrew. Masterprize final. The Guardian. 12 October 2001.
- 4.Die Presse. Sommernachtskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker "im Zeichen des Friedens". diepresse.com. 17 June 2022.
- 5.Kas ir Latvija? Aivars Silin̦š, Anita Silin̦a - 2005 Page 125 -"Arturs Maskats (1957) — composer. Music for more than 90 dramatic productions and for film; choral, chamber, symphonic and vocal-symphonic music. His "Tango" for symphonic orchestra (2002) reached the semi-final of the 3rd international ..
- 6.Opera Valentina in Latvian National Opera
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