Bagpipe and drum music group
Auļi

At the II International festival of contemporary folk music, Cesis, 19 July 2003

      Name: Auļi
          meaning: raving people
          recommended transcription in English: Auli
          approximate pronunciation in English: Auli
          Listen pronunciation in AU format (13 Kb)

      Created: 2003
      Location: Riga
      Leader: Mikus Čavarts
      Number of participants: 8, of them by age:
          from 14 to 24 years: 5
          from 25 to 44 years: 3
      and by gender:
          males: 7
          females: 1
      Forms of activity: play music
      Musical instruments: bag-pipes, pipes, drums and other pulsatile instruments.

      Description: The group Auļi was founded in year 2003. A part of group's members have already played in the first Latvian bagpipes group Dūdinieki, which was founded in 1994. Auļi play traditional bagpipe music combined with drums, percussion and other traditional instruments. Regardless of the fact that there was few evidences left of bagpipe and drum playing traditions in Latvia both instruments were mentioned in the folklore materials. Our music pieces reflect creative approach of the group members. Auļi repertoire contains dances and bagpipe melodies including tunes of other European nations as well as drums' solo pieces.

      Sound sample: Sen dzirdēju (I heard long ago) (2003)
One couplet in AU format (375 Kb)
Full song in MP3 format (774 Kb)

      Address:
          in Latvian: Mikus Čavarts, Matīsa 48-2, Rīga, LV-1009, Latvija
          in English: Michael Chavart, Matew str. 48-2, Riga, LV-1009, Latvia
      Phone: (+371) 9293595
      Facsimile: (+371) 7311126 (it is necessary to indicate the addressee)
      E-mail: miksmc_N@N_lanet.lv
      Home page: http://auli.lv/

      Date of presenting the information: 28 October 2003