Gints Smukais

A guitarist who has been developing his guitar playing skills since the age of 14, exploring and mastering guitar playing in percussive fingerstyle. Gints has won awards at prestigious international guitar competitions in the USA and Canada, and regularly performs in concerts both as a solo artist, performing his own compositions, and in collaboration with well-known Latvian musicians and bands. 

Gints' album of original music "Flourish" was nominated for the Latvian Music Recording Award "Zelta Mikrofons" in the category "2018 Debut of the Year". 

He was the first fingerstyle guitarist from the Baltic States to perform as a soloist at the world's largest music industry export show "NAMMshow2018" (California, USA) and represented Latvia at "Tallin Music Week" in 2021.