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[[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]]. He is considered 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.
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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".