Lauris Reiniks

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Lauris Reiniks is one of the most popular, successful and awarded pop music singers and songwriters in Latvia, having recorded 4 solo albums. One of them “ Lidot Savadak” has certified Gold in Latvia. Many of Lauris’s songs have become hits in Latvia. Such as “Es Neesmu Neprātīgs”, “Tev šodien vienalga”, “Tik Balti”, “Es Tev Apmulsis”, as well as legendary “Sirds Sadeg Neparasti” that received all major music awards in Latvia in 2002 and was recognized a song of a year. A song “Tell Me” performed in a duet with a Eurovision Song Contest 2002 winner Marie N (Marija Naumova) has received a prestigious award of Latvian Copyrights Agency AKKA/LAA as the most played song on radio and television in 2003. In 2003 along with Mārtiņš Freimanis and Yana Kay a trio F.L.Y. has been created specially for Eurovision Song Contest Latvian selection. With a song “ Hello From Mars” they won the National preliminaries and represented Latvia in ESC 2003.

In last two years Lauris Reiniks has successfully entered into acting for musicals. In 2004/2005 he played Rolf in the famous musical The Sound Of Music , but in 2005 he played Olympus in a musical “ Autoplanet”. Lauris has also done several National TV commercials and print ads. He has been a voice of Coca- Cola commercial in Latvia.

In 2005 Lauris represents Latvia in European Union Roadshow in Slovakia giving concerts in all major cities in Slovakia. But a song “And You Came” in a duet with Estonian singer Maarja (Maarja-Liis Ilus) becomes a hit both in Latvia and Estonia and reaches radio stations in other countries. Ever since 1998 Lauris Reiniks has also been famous for hosting several TV shows for Latvian Television LTV and other TV channels.

In February of 2007 Lauris Reiniks starts filming in a TV show "Dejo ar zvaigzni" - Latvian version of the world famous reality show Dancing with the Stars on TV3 Latvia (Viasat).

Official Artist website http://www.laurisreiniks.lv