In 2001, Liene Sejane graduated from Silva Krasauska's flute class at the E. Darzins Music High School in Riga and in 2002 went on to study the flute with Prof. Konrad Hünteler at the College of Music in Münster, Germany. She regularly returns to Riga to perform together with Kristaps Grasis and other Latvian musicians.

Kristaps Grasis studied classical and jazz guitar at the College of Music in Cologne and the Stockholm Royal College of Music, and composition at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. He currently teaches at several music schools in Germany, composes, and performs. Like Liene, he tries to divide his time between Germany and Latvia.

Modern Chamber Music – this is what these two musicians call their style. What is modern, contemporary music?  Not necessarily an absence of harmony or form. It can be pleasing to the ear, emotional, and yet at the same time modern.

Liene and Kristaps play the works of 20th and 21st century composers (Ravel, Bartók, Piazzolla and own compositions) for flute and guitar. They perform as a duo or together with a larger ensemble that includes not only the acoustic instruments typical for chamber music, but also modern electric and percussion instruments – successfully combining two seemingly incompatible musical worlds.

In 2003 and 2004, Liene and Kristaps toured Germany and Latvia with the works of 20th century composers, presented contemporary Latvian chamber music at the Baltic Festival in Stockholm, and appeared together with popular Latvian poet Juris Kronbergs in a performance of his poem "One-Eyed Wolf" to the music of K. Grasis.

Liene and Kristaps have gathered around them musicians from different generations and different musical backgrounds. Last autumn, they performed in Latvia together with members of the well-known Sejans clan.  The success of this tour strengthened their belief that this style of music should be continued and developed further.  

On their new CD, the subdued sound of chamber music is coupled with the rhythm and beat of rock.  This is particularly evident in K. Grasis' three-part piece, "Trois rêves d'un clown," which took second place at the 16th International Composer's Competition in Siegburg in 2004, and in Juris Sejans work "Parallels," which was written over 25 years ago, but in the interpretation of this ensemble has acquired a new and modern sound. The title of this piece was also chosen as the title for the CD because it so well expresses what this music is about – the parallels of classical and contemporary music.

Music must capture the interest of the listener, make the listener want to hear this music again - and more of the same. Liene Sejane and Kristaps Grasis hope they have accomplished this with "Parallels." 
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