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I am a composer and guitarist from Latvia, Riga based in Cologne, Germany, who is specialised in different kinds of music. I draw my main influences from jazz, classical music, jazz fusion and post-rock.

In 2022 I moved to Cologne, Germany to study Jazz Composition MM program at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

2018-2022 I studied jazz guitar performance in Latvian music academy BA program (Jāzepa Vītola Latvijas Mūzikas akadēmija) 

Also I studied music at the Dynamic Records Music School music production and sound engineering. (2016-2017)

My musical education has thus far consisted of taking private guitar lessons and attending Ventspils Music College’s (Ventspils Mūzikas vidusskola) pop and jazz guitar program (2013-2016).

The Pogo Problem is an Icelandic/Danish collaboration under the leadership of Icelandic guitarist/composer Steinar Guðjónsson. He is accompanied by Anders Hellborn on electric bass and Kristoffer Tophøj  on drums. Their music is a fusion of instrumental pop, nordic jazz, and progressive rock. In the summer of 2017 their self titled debut album was released by Fiol Optik record label. The album received positive reviews and the trio received a nomination for “Icelandic Music Award, Jazz composition of the year” for their tune “Difference of Opinion”.

“Sincere, effortless, and keeps the listener from the first note. Good harmony where no one's overshadowed” 
- The Icelandic Music Awards Jazz committee.

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