Welcome to our homepage! We are Latvian folklore band Maskackas
spelmani from Riga, Latvia.
Maskachka is a part of Riga, just to the East side from the Central
bazaar, on the bank of the biggest river of Latvia - Daugava. It is a
place of our meetings, that's why we call ourselves Maskackas spelmani
- Maskachka's musicians.
We play and sing together from September 1995.
At this time we are seven participants, leader of the group is Ansis Ataols Berzins.
In our repertoire, there are original songs from different parts of
Latvia, played on various instruments (squeeze-box, violin, zither, flute, bag-pipe,
bas, psaltery, drums, saw and others), and, of course, dances.
Generally we try to play in ethnographical manner, like country
musicians of Latvia are played more than hundred years ago.
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We took part in many concerts in Latvia and also international
folklore festivals
XXIV All Latvian Song Festival (Riga, Latvia, 2008),
Grok, žemaiti (Kretinga, Lithuania, 2007),
Linköping Folk Music Festival (Linchoping, Sweden, 2007),
Drone-Bass Festival (Alshvang, Latvia, 2007),
Baltica (Riga, Latvia, 2006),
Hansa Days (Osnabrück, Germany, 2006),
Dranouter (Dranouter, Belgium, 2005),
Atataria lamzdziai (Kaunas, Lithuania, 2005),
Baltica (Tallinn, Estonia, 2004),
Baltica (Riga, Latvia, 2003),
Mirovaya derevna (Leningrad distr., Russia, 2003),
Days of Europe (Athens, Greece, 2003),
Myszkow Folklore Festival (Myszkow, Poland, 2002),
Mielno Fishers Festival (Mielno, Poland, 2002),
Drevlyanski dzherela (Rivno, Ukraine, 2001),
Tek sauluze ant maraciu (Nida, Lithuania, 2001),
Daubaro armonika (Velzhys, Lithuania, 2001),
Möt Baltikum (Stockholm, Sweden, 2001),
Festival of Baltic Folklore (Panevezhys, Lithuania, 2000),
Contemporary Folk Music Festival (Riga, Latvia, 2000),
Griezyne (Vilnius, Lithuania, 2000),
Baltica (Riga, Latvia, 2000),
Myjava Folklore Festival (Myjava, Slovakia, 2000),
Jalkala (Leningrad distr., Russia, 1998),
Zvinac cimbaly i garmonik (Pastavy, Belorussia, 1998),
Baltica (Riga, Latvia, 1997),
Skamba, skamba kankliai (Vilnius, Lithuania, 1996),
Pulka eimu, pulka teku (Riga, Latvia, 1996),
etc.
We like to play in weddings and other holidays, to participate in concerts
and festivals, thus, if you have some proposals, don't hesitate to contact us.
E-mail: maskacka_N@N_folklora.lv (delete characters _ and N)
Phone: (+371) 6-7210428, (+371) 2-9168165
Facsimile/answer machine: (+371) 6-7210128
Address: Ansis Ataols Berzins, Maskavas 54, Riga, LV-1003, Latvia
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