Arturs Maskats (born 20 December 1957 in

Valmiera Valmiera () is the second largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of . As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2020, it was at 24,879. It is a Administrative divisions of Latvia, state city, and ...

) is a Latvian composer and since 1996 artistic director of the

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. 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

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under

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Works

* Tango for orchestra * Opera ''Valentina''Opera ''Valentina''
in Latvian National Opera

References

1957 births Living people People from Valmiera Latvian composers {{Latvia-composer-stub