Musician. Poet. Composer. Singer. Actor. Friend. Freimis.
Mārtiņš Freimanis's life was full of color - during his life of just under 34 years, he created hundreds of songs, most of which can safely be called classics of modern Latvian music.
In honor of Mārtiņš Freimanis on his 50th anniversary - on February 7, 2027 (Mārtiņš's birthday) in Liepāja and on February 13 in Riga, at the Xiaomi Arena, there will be two grand concerts in which the band Tumsa and the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Jānis Liepiņš, together with Mārtiņš's friends, colleagues and those who have continued his work on stage, will perform Mārtiņš Freimanis's most legendary superhits.
Concert artistic director - Jānis Daugalis, musician from the band Tumsa. Orchestral arrangements by Jēkabs Ozoliņš.
Photography and video recording will take place during the event.
One of the most popular and best Latvian songwriters, musician and poet Mārtiņš Freimanis was born on February 7, 1977, in Liepāja. He spent his childhood in Aizpute, where he finished high school. Later he worked as an English teacher at Liepāja Secondary School No. 1.
Since 1996, Mārtiņš has been the lead singer, leader and main songwriter of Tumsa. Together with the band, 6 albums and one best-of collection of Tumsa songs have been released. Once Tumsa had already established itself on the Latvian music scene, Freimanis began composing songs and writing lyrics for other performers as well. Among them are Putnu balle, Lauris Reiniks, Yana Kay, Gunārs Kalniņš, F.L.Y., Kaža and many, many others. As an actor, Freimanis drew attention in the title role in the Liepāja Theatre production Kaupēn, My Dear, which premiered in 1998.
Mārtiņš wrote songs for two Putnu balle albums and four Lauris Reiniks albums. In recent years he had worked with many young performers - among them Kristīna Zaharova, Kids 4 Rock, PeR, Blitze, Livido and many others.
In 2003, Mārtiņš, together with Lauris Reiniks and Yana Kay, formed the project F.L.Y., which won the Latvian Eurovision national selection with the song Hello From Mars and represented Latvia in the final of the international contest held in Riga.
In 2004, Mārtiņš created the song The War Is Not Over, which he entrusted to Putnu balle members Valters and Kaža, who won the Latvian selection and achieved 5th place in the Eurovision international contest, opening a wider audience for both the songwriter and the performers in the Baltics and also in parts of Europe. In 2008, the Denmark- and Asia-wide-known band Michael Learns To Rock included this song on their album. Since Latvia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, there has been at least one song composed by Mārtiņš in the national final every year. In 2011 too - already after his passing - the band Blitze took part in the national final selection with the song Hop
In 2004, Mārtiņš Freimanis's poetry collection Grass for a Rabbit's Soul was published, where in addition to poems, lyrics by the band Tumsa can also be read.
In 2005, Freimanis took part in Arvīds Krievs's film I Like It When the Girl Is Sad and later also in the film Dance for Three, which premiered in spring 2011 after Mārtiņš's death.
In 2005, he created the music for the musical Aeroplane.
On November 15, 2007, Mārtiņš made his debut in the LTV series The Price of Madness, followed by participation in the TV3 series FireGrief. Special title songs were also created for these series, Satīties sapīties and Un varbūt mēs.
Today Mārtiņš is no longer here, but his songs continue to sound and live their own lives. The characters he portrayed in film, theater and TV series continue to love and suffer on film and TV screens. Children learn his poems in schools, and young musicians use them as song lyrics.
Invisible and unreachable, at times incomprehensible, he is nevertheless so close and always with us.
2007.gada 15.novembrī Mārtiņš debitē LTV seriālā “Neprāta cena”, kam seko piedalīšanās TV3 seriālā “UgunsGrēks”. Speciāli šiem seriāliem tiek radītas arī to tituldziesmas “Satīties sapīties” un “Un varbūt mēs”
