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January 2009  The Lokal Heroes present their new songs in the "Harmmonie" in Bonn
They also perform Hugh Featherstone compositions
   
December 2008 L&K play again concerts together with Hugh Featherstone
and play in För , one of the northern Islands of Germany
   
November 2008 

The album presentation concert will be at Nov 30. in Bonn, Schloss Annaberg 17.00

   
October 2008 

The album MODERN CHAMBER MUSIC is out worldwide.
Buy it at iTunes, Amazon, Musicload a.o. or ask your lokal dealer!

   
September 2008 

Together with bassplayer Wendel Biskup, and percussionist Mike Haarman L&K play some concerts in Sweden, where also the whole One-Eyed Wolf Orchestra joins in.
The second album with Juris Kronbergs "Hötorghallen" is out in Sweden

   
August 2008 Serious rehearsing for the upcoming tour to Sweden.
The second album with Juris Kronbergs is recorded in Germany
   
June-July 2008 Once again in Latvia L&K play some concerts with their "One-Eyed Wolf Orchestra"
   
May 2008 L&K play with the LOKAL HEROES in Germany and with sInger Austris Grasis at the "Museums Night" in Latvia, in Jurmala
   
April 2008 The MODERN CHAMBER MUSIC albums is mixed and mastered, and will be published by ZYX records worldwide.
   
March 2008 Together with Juris Kronbergs L&K play at the bookfair in Riga, where the One-Eyed Wolf is published, with some new tracks.
They represent VIOLET-MICs at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
   
February 2008 Liene & Kristaps sign a contract with MDW/Mikulski-Publishing, in Germany and start their cooperation as Modern Chamber Music Publishing.
   
January 2008 

Liene & Kristaps continue work on the second One-Eyed Wolf Band album with poet Juris Kronbergs.
They have become endorsers for JZ microphones , too.

   
December 2007 

The recordings for the MODERN CHAMBER MUSIC album are finally finished. It will be soon published in Germany and in The Baltic States.
Liene & Kristaps play once again with english guitarist Hugh Featherstone and singer Kim Bastian.
Together with multiinstrumentalist Matthias Höhn they record an album with medieval music.

   
November 2007 

Liene & Kristaps restart their touring after a six week break and play concerts with composer Ralf-Bauer Mörkens

   
July 2007 - October 2007 Liene & Kristaps continue work on the new Modern Chamber Music album.
They are now official VIOLET-DESIGN Microphone endorsers
The new album will be coming soon!
It will have new compositions from both Liene & Kristaps, and will be published in varoius european countries.
See some new pictures, the musicians using Violet microphones
   
June 2007 Liene & Kristaps perform the second concert together with drummer Mike Haarman and Bassplayer Wendel Biskup in Mikes House in Buchholz.
See some pictures
   
May 2007 Liene & Kristaps perform together with percussionist Reinis Sejans at the Museum´s Night in Jurmala, Latvia.
   
April 2007 The musical poem "One-Eyed Wolf" by Juris Kronbergs and Kristaps Grasis will be published in Estonia. Due to that Liene & Kristaps
will perform with Juris Kronbergs and the complete One-Eyed-Wolf Band.
   
March 2007 

Liene & Kristaps play sold out concerts in Germany as a Duo and with the Lokal Heroes.
Musica Baltica/Schott publish Lienes & Kristaps works.
At the Musik-Messe in Frankfurt the upcoming album MODERN CHAMBER MUSIC will be presented, and the scores of Lienes´& Kristaps´
music will be available for everyone at the Musica Baltica stand in Halle 3.
Liene & Kristaps perform their music, and represent Latvia, as well as VIOLET-Design Microphones.

   
February 2007 The first concert with the new material in Buchholz for a special audience. With Mike on percussion and Wendel on Bass Liene & Kristaps
perform Lienes work "Dance in the Hills" and the new "Pictures" as well as the full "Traveller´s Suite" by Kristaps.
They all go to Latvia to start recording the new album MODERN CHAMBER MUSIC, at the studio SEJA in Jurmala.
See some pictures!
   
January 2007 Liene & Kristaps oficially become endorsers for VIOLET-Design high-end microphones!
Liene & Kristaps return to Bonn for the annual Lokal Heroes concert in the HARMONY-Club.
See some pictures!
Liene & Kristaps team up with drummer Mike Haarman and Bassplayer Wendel Biskup and start working on the new album.
   
December 2006  Concerts with german guitarist and composer Ralf Bauer-Mörkens and with english guitarist and composer Hugh Featherstone
   
November 2006 Liene and Kristaps will perform in London/UK and in Guernsey
   
Nov. 6, 2006 Liene and Kristaps will perform at the „Walter Hallstein Preisverleihung“ in Frankfurt/M for the president of the Republic of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga.
See some pictures!
   
October 2006 Liene and Kristaps and Juris Kronbergs perform at the Nordic Council of Ministers´Office in Latvia
   
September 2006
 Liene and Kristaps reunite again with Juris Kronbergs and the full One-Eyed Wolf Band, and Tour Latvia, togehter with guitarist Gundars Rullis from Stockholm. They perform their Musical Poem and new work.
   

August 2006

 

Liene and Kristaps record new tracks for the One-Eyed Wolf Band and play concerts with the Lokal Heroes

   
July 2006
 Liene and Kristaps play in Latvia at the Jurmala Museum of Arts.
   
June 2006 With concerts in Münster and Trossingen, at the acadamies of music, Liene & Kristaps get their professional diplomas as musicians and
teachers!
   
May 2006  L&K record a new Album for Zyx-Records with music for an instrumental Journey.
Listen to Journey No. 6
   
April 4 , 2006 Liene and Kristaps represent latvian music at the international music fair in Frankfurt.
Want to see some pictures?
Dec. 23, 2005 pictures from the musical journey to sweden nov/dec 2005
   
Dec. 4, 2005
 pictures from a concert in bonn
   
Nov. 15 , 2005
 report from a concert in stockholm
   

Jan. 29, 2005

 

Liene and Kristaps play live with the Lokal Heroes at the Harmonie-Club, Bonn, Germany. See the pictures

   
Dec. 12, 2004
 Liene and Kristaps perform at the Orth-Haus, Bonn, Germany. A few images
   
October 2004 CD "Parallels" released in Latvia. Read, look and listen