Arturs Maskats

{{short description|Latvian composer}}

Arturs Maskats (born 20 December 1957 in Valmiera) is a Latvian composer{{cite web|url=http://www.music.lv/Composers/A_Maskats.htm |title=Artūrs Maskats |website=Music |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216015757/http://www.music.lv/Composers/A_Maskats.htm |archivedate=16 December 2014|language=lv }}
- {{cite book|author=Robert Chase|title=Memento mori: a guide to contemporary memorial music|year=2007|page=194|quote=Arturs Maskats, December 20, 1957 In 1977, Arturs Maskats entered the Latvian State Conservatory, where he studied composition with Valentins Utkins. In 1982, he began a long career at the Dailes Theatre in Riga.}}
- {{cite book|title=Musiques de la Russie et de ses voisins|author=Michel-Rostislav Hofmann|year=2003|page=119|quote=Et parmi la jeune génération, citons Arturs Maskats (né en 1957) et Richards Dubra (né en 1964), qui ont acquis tous deux, au cours des années 1990, une audience internationale. L'Estonie « Le passé, ce fut le temps du massacre, ...|language=fr}}

and since 1996 artistic director of the Latvian National Opera.{{cite web|title=Arturs Maskats|url=https://www.opera.lv/en/artists/creative-teams/composers/arturs-maskats|work=opera.lv|publisher=Latvian National Opera and Ballet|access-date=25 August 2022}} His orchestral composition, Tango, received international exposure as one of the finalist works of the third Masterprize International Composing Competition in 2003.{{cite news |last=Clements |first=Andrew |date=12 October 2001 |title=Masterprize final |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/01/classicalmusicandopera1 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=30 September 2021}} It was also played at the 2022 Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn by the Vienna Philharmonic under Andris Nelsons in Vienna, Austria.{{cite web|url=https://www.diepresse.com/6153575/sommernachtskonzert-der-wiener-philharmoniker-im-zeichen-des-friedens|title=Sommernachtskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker "im Zeichen des Friedens"|work=diepresse.com|date=17 June 2022 |publisher=Die Presse|language=de|access-date=2022-08-25}}