Latvian paganism and human fire. With the lightness of the spring solstice tonight In Monopoly we celebrate the Independence Day of the Republic of Latvia. Our guest ethnomusicologist, leader of the group “Tautumeitas” and head of the family folklore studio “Garataka” Asnate Rancāne.
Education in ethnomusicology Asnate Rancāne obtained at Jāzeps Vītolas Latvian Academy of Music. She has also learned the violin, kokle, as well as the stabula game. Music has been present in Asnate’s life since childhood, she grew up in a family of folklorists. However, in her childhood and youth, Asnate was actively involved in sports – gymnastics – and thought to link her future with it.
However, in her teenage years, Asnate’s life path began to move deeper into the world of music – to the Riga Dome Choir School, where Asnate’s first conscious steps in music began. This was followed by studies at the Academy of Music.
During her career, Asnate has worked in several groups and formations – the folklore group “Grodi”, the self-created folklore studio “Garataka” and the ethnic group “Tautumeitas”, which has earned recognition not only in Latvia, but also in other parts of the world – even in Japan and Australia. Together with Stanislava Yudina, she also created a duet and released the album “Op. 2”, as well as collaborated and created songs together with “Prāta vētru”.
Purposeful, determined and sincere – that’s what her friends say about Asnati.
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