Anna Scemelinska
Birth date
February 17, 1925
Death date
November 8, 2011
Place of birth
Plesava, Latvia
Profession
Acting
Age
86 years
Biography
Anna "Buksa" Scemelinska was a Latvian folksinger. She learned her song repertoire and singing style from her parents and villagers. She sang in the Rekova Church Choir in 1956, and has also been a member of the Rekava Ethnographic Ensemble from 1980. Her mother sang religious hymns ,"godzinkas", while Anna sang traditional danias. The singing was like the rest of her life: in harmony with nature. Marked by hard work and deep religiosity, her songs are a kind of Eastern European blues or gospel. Singers like Anna Scemelinska are storytellers. Their folk songs comprise legends, history and experience from life.
Also known as
Buksa
