{"id":2279,"date":"2016-03-09T13:13:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T10:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:40:07","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lauska.lv\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"About\">About the Organization<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Top\">About Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#About\">About the Organization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Main Activities\">Main Activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Our people\">Our people<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Culture Management Centre &#8220;Lauska&#8221; is a partner for independent artists and groups active in various cultural fields. &#8220;Lauska&#8221; helps to professionally organize and implement different projects and creative ideas. KMC &#8220;Lauska&#8221; works in the field of culture management:<\/p>\n<ol id=\"parorganizaciju\">\n<li>Project writing and fundraising<\/li>\n<li>Project coordination and administration<\/li>\n<li>Contacts, networking<\/li>\n<li>Translation (Latvian, English, German)<\/li>\n<li>Public relations and marketing<\/li>\n<li>Consulting in the different stages of projects<\/li>\n<li>Report writing<\/li>\n<li>Webpage design, programming and administration<\/li>\n<li>Interactive multimedia projects<\/li>\n<li>Production of: CDs, books, catalogues, other printed material<\/li>\n<li>Concerts and musical accompaniment of various events<\/li>\n<li>Professional studio recordings<\/li>\n<li>Folk music workshops and camps, concert lectures at schools in Latvia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Culture Management Centre &#8220;Lauska&#8221; was founded on 29 January 2003 with the aim to support cultural processes and professional culture management in Latvia. Its founders are <a href=\"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/par-mums\/daina-zalane\/\">Daina Zal\u0101ne<\/a> (born Zvidri\u0146\u0161), <a href=\"https:\/\/lauska.lv\/par-mums\/musu-cilveci\/juris-zalans\/\">Juris Zal\u0101ns<\/a>, Krist\u012bne Lazd\u0101ne and Zinta Pone. It is a nonprofit organization and a registered charity. The head of the board is Daina Zal\u0101ne.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rekviziti\">\n<h2>Official data<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Kult\u016bras mened\u017ementa centrs \u201eLauska\u201d, biedr\u012bba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reg. Nr.<\/strong><br \/>\n40008072261<br \/>\n<strong>Legal Address<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Ru\u0137e\u013ci&#8221;, Amatas pagasts, Amatas novads, LV-4141, Latvia<br \/>\n<strong>Bank Details<\/strong><br \/>\na\/s Swedbank, HABALV22<br \/>\n<strong>IBAN Account No.<\/strong><br \/>\nLV36 HABA 0551 0042 3225 5<br \/>\n<strong>Postal Address<\/strong><br \/>\nMiera iela 54a-14a, LV1013 Riga, Latvia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"logotips\">\n<h2>The logo of the Culture Management Centre &#8220;Lauska&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lauska_KMC_Color.gif\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" class=\"wp-image-375 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lauska_KMC_Color.gif?resize=680%2C383\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The logo of the Culture Management Centre &#8220;Lauska&#8221; displays the oldest image of a musician found in Latvia the &#8220;Flute Player of T\u0113rvete&#8221;, a 13th century drawing on a piece of clay plaster, found on the T\u0113rvete castle mound. The original is in the collection of the Latvian History Museum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-8GbRCosEX_ZzQ4UGhLWDZ2M0E\/view?usp=sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-422 aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Download.png?resize=50%2C50\" alt=\"Download\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; padding-bottom: 15px;\"><\/div>\n<h1 id=\"Main Activities\">Main Activities<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Top\">About Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#About\">About the Organization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Main Activities\">Main Activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Our people\">Our people<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Traditional Music and PostFolklore<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauska.lv\/jaunumi\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" class=\"wp-image-375 alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lauska_KMC_Color.gif?resize=680%2C383\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>KMC \u201cLauska\u201d has the aim to promote folk music as a vivid and thrilling genre, by encouraging the research and preservation of traditional musical material, as well as by supporting new creative findings. KMC \u201cLauska\u201d organizes musical camps and workshops for children and young people interested in folk music, different concerts and performances for groups and musicians, as well as produces and releases music CDs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauska\/veikals\">www.lauska\/veikals<\/a> \u00b7 <strong>Facebook<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Lauska-119092671474046\/\">Lauska<\/a> \u00b7 <strong>Twitter<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMC_Lauska\">\/KMC_Lauska<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Music Recording Studio &#8220;Lauska&#8221;<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauska.lv\/studija\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" class=\"wp-image-376 alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lauska_Studija_Color.gif?resize=680%2C383\" alt=\"Lauska Studija\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauska.lv\/studija\">Studija &#8220;Lauska&#8221;<\/a> offers professional recording opportunities for musicians, groups and diverse projects. The recording studio is located in Riga, and is equipped with modern technologies and managed by an experienced sound engineer <a href=\"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/par-mums\/kaspars-barbals\/\">Kaspars B\u0101rbals<\/a>, who specializes in recording traditional instruments and music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauska.lv\/studija\">www.lauska.lv\/studija<\/a><strong> \u00b7 Facebook<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StudijaLauska\/\">\/StudijaLauska<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"Our people\">Our people<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Top\">About Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#About\">About the Organization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Main Activities\">Main Activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Our people\">Our people<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div id=\"musu\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Daina.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Daina.jpg?resize=680%2C680\" alt=\"Daina Zal\u0101ne \/\/ \u00a9 Jordi NN\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Daina.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Daina.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Daina.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Daina Zal\u0101ne<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong> +371 2915 6686<br \/>\n<strong>E-Mail<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:daina@lauska.lv\">daina@lauska.lv<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>KMC &#8220;Lauska&#8221; Head of the Board, Bookkeeping, Project Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauska.lv\/par-mums\/musu-cilveci\/daina-zalane\/\">Daina Zal\u0101ne<\/a> (b. Zvidri\u0146a) born in Germany, lived in Bremen and graduated from the Latvian Gymnasium in M\u00fcnster\/Westf. Moved to Latvia in 1994, studied at the Latvian Academy of Culture Intercultural Relations between Latvia and Great Britain. Received an MA in Arts Management at City University in London, U.K. Translates both oral and written Latvian German English.<\/p>\n<p>From 2001 to 2006 worked at the Latvian National Opera in the International Relations and Development department, in 2005 moved to the Production department. Since 2006 worked at the Commercial department of an international construction company. In 2010 founds her own company SIA \u201cJumala\u201d that provides consultancies in project management and bookkeeping for arts and nongovernmental organizations. Sings at the folklore group \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/veikals\/en\/izpilditaji\/saviesi\/\">Savie\u0161i<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; clear: both; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"musu\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Juris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-646\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Juris.jpg?resize=680%2C680\" alt=\"Juris Zal\u0101ns \/\/ \u00a9 Jordi NN\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Juris.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Juris.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Juris.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Juris Zal\u0101ns<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong> +371 2956 6995<br \/>\n<strong>E-Mail<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:juris@lauska.lv\">juris@lauska.lv<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Project management, publishing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studied at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of the Latvian University, graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor&#8217;s degree.<\/p>\n<p>From 1989 to 1990 worked as elementary school teacher in the Latvian village &#8220;Lejas Bul\u0101na&#8221; in Siberia, Russia. Co-founder of the Latvian Anthropologists Association and participant in several oral history projects. Co-founder of a number of NGOs. Long term experience in project writing and music management as well as publishing of music recordings, books, magazines and other printed material. Many years worked as project manager at the publishing company N.I.M.S.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2009 works at the museum and research centre \u201cLatvians Abroad\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapamuzejs.lv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www. lapamuzejs.lv<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; clear: both; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"musu\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Kaspars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-647\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Kaspars.jpg?resize=680%2C680\" alt=\"Kaspars B\u0101rbals \/\/ \u00a9 Jordi NN\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Kaspars.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Kaspars.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Kaspars.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Kaspars B\u0101rbals<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong> +371 28376398<br \/>\n<strong>E-Mail<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:studija@lauska.lv\">studija@lauska.lv<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Sound engineer and head of recording Studio &#8220;Lauska&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Creative leader of bagpipes and drums group &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/veikals\/en\/izpilditaji\/auli\/\">Au\u013ci<\/a>&#8221; participant at pagan metal group &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/veikals\/izpilditaji\/skyforger\/\">Skyforger<\/a>&#8220;. Plays the kokle, flute, but mainly bagpipes. In 2007 he establishes his own recording <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauska.lv\/studija\">studio &#8220;Lauska&#8221;<\/a>, where most of the recordings released by &#8220;Lauskas&#8221; are recorded and produced. Participant in many musical projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; clear: both; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"musu\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Jordi_NN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-650 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Jordi_NN.jpg?resize=680%2C680\" alt=\"Jordi NN \/\/ \u00a9 Jordi NN\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Jordi_NN.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Jordi_NN.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Jordi_NN.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Jordi NN<\/h2>\n<p><strong>E-Mail<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:jordinn@lauska.lv\">jordinn@lauska.lv<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>KMC &#8220;Lauska&#8221; Ethno-Photographer and Web-Developer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jordinn.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordi NN<\/a> ( Jordi Navarro Navarrete ), born 1985 in Valencia, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Interdisciplinary artist and creative mind, he began to produce art projects in his teens. During his career he has studied\u00a0different fields of multimedia arts (design, photography, video, conceptual art) and classic arts (sculpture, drawing, painting).<\/p>\n<p>Since 2010 Jordi NN has become\u00a0an internationally known artist with his first exhibitions outside\u00a0Spain. Since that he has participated, developed and created projects in different countries such as \u00a0Greece,Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, the U.S., etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; clear: both; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"musu\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Amanda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-651\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Amanda.jpg?resize=680%2C680\" alt=\"Amanda J\u0101tniece\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Amanda.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Amanda.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lauska.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Lauska_team_Amanda.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Amanda J\u0101tniece<\/h2>\n<p><strong>E-Mail<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:lauska@lauska.lv\">lauska@lauska.lv<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Specialized translations in folklore and traditional music.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born in Minneapolis (United States), grew up in a bilingual family and earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in linguistics from the University of Minnesota. Also studied at the Latvian Gymnasium in M\u00fcnster, Germany. Has lived in Latvia since 2004, where she works as a translator, editor and proofreader. Is active in the local traditional music community; has participated in the Latvian folk groups Teiksma, Lini, Savie\u0161i and various other music projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Organization About Us About the Organization Main Activities Our people The Culture Management Centre &#8220;Lauska&#8221; is a partner for independent artists and groups active in various cultural fields. &#8220;Lauska&#8221; helps to professionally organize and implement different projects and creative ideas. 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