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Line 1: {{short description\|Latvian musician- percussionist (born 1982)}} {{COI\|date=April 2011}} [[Image:MatīssWikiPhoto.jpg\|frame\|alt=\|Akuraters performing at the Riga City Festival 2009, August 23]] '''Matīss Akuraters''' (born June 7, 1982, in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]) is a Latvian musician- [[percussionist]]. ~~Considered as one of the best percussionists in Latvia.~~ Akuraters's parents: mother Ieva Akuratere is a well-known Latvian musician; father Sergejs Akuraters is a photographer. In his childhood Matīss Akuraters studied [[piano]] and [[clarinet]] in music school. Akuraters's professional musical career began at age of 16 when he started collaboration with [[~~hiphop~~hip hop music\|hip hop]] artists such as Gustavo and Ozols. Later he and his friends DJ Krii and Elvi formed their own hiphop crew "Ritmiņš", in which Akuraters played an [[Rapping\|Mc]] role. They recorded songs and played concerts all around the Latvia. In age of 18 he began studying [[percussion]], and his first instrument turn out to be the [[tabla]]- well known Indian percussion. Akuraters learned the tabla in [[London]] at The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, UK centre and also from [[jazz]] musician, drummer, percussionist - Brian Melvin. Line 14 ⟶ 15: A few months later after returning from Brazil, Matīss Akuraters organized a Brazilian percussion workshops in Riga and invited Tiago Loei and Andreazo to participate. After successful workshops they formed a group of percussionists- "Afro Brasilian Drums". Matīss Akuraters was participating in various recordings and played with well-known Latvian musicians and bands such as: Haralds Sīmanis, Amber(Aija Vītoliņa), Aivars Hermanis, Ieva Akuratere, Ilze Grunte, El Mars, Samba de Riga, [[Forshpil]], Lidojošais Paklājs (The Flying Carpet), 7th Floor, Diana Pīrāgs, Afro Brazilian Drums. In year 2008 "Lidojošais Paklājs" (The Flying Carpet) won the nomination- best alternative music album in [[Latvian Music Awards]] for the album "Lidojošais Paklājs".