From Musica Baltica http://www.musicabaltica.com/en/autori/297/piezimes/ Arturs Maskats was born on December 20th, 1957 in Valmiera. He studied at the JÄzeps MediÅÅ” Music School, where among his teachers were JÄnis LÄ«cÄ«tis (harmony) and Marija MediÅa (the musical form, instrumentation) ā a representative of a notable family of Latvian composers and the spiritual motivator of Arturs Maskatsās further progress. He finished the composition class with ValentÄ«ns Utkins (1982) at the Latvian State Conservatory Read more on Last.fm