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Compilation “Strāvoklis” with various artists performing songs based on poems by the Latvian poet Rainis will be released in the beginning of May 2011.

The compilation release event will be held from 19:00-21:00 on May 4, The Day of Declaration of the Independence of the Republic of Latvia,  in Esplanade, Riga, at the Rainis monument. The project is organized by Andris Indāns (Gas of Latvia).

The artists performing at the event include “STandART”, “Ēnu kaleidoskops”, “Hospitāļu iela”, “Bērnības milicija”, “Inokentijs Mārpls”,  “Gaujarts”, “Gas of Latvia”, “Soundarcade”, “Nepilngadīgā Anna”, “Židrūns”, Imants Daksis and Jēkabs Nīmanis. A special stage design is being prepared by the visual artist Katrīna Neiburga.

It is worth mentioning that the first public STandART concert in May 2003 in Jelgava was also held in a park named after Rainis. Previously STandART had performed only at semi-private events.

https://www.stravoklis.lv/

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