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Conductor Māris Kupčs harshly evaluates street musicians in Old Riga – Celebrities

“In my opinion, its low-quality music making is also begging, moreover, in an aggressive form, because it cannot be called making music,” Kupčs tells the publication “Vakara Ziņas”.

For example, he harshly evaluates an older lady who sits by the wall of a house, chants a threesome and sings folk songs. A conductor with a portable sound device and a young man with a guitar also deserved the conductor’s condemnation.

“In other European countries, this thing – street music – is licensed. You withdraw the license, because you have to prove your professionalism, and then you can earn! Here, the musicians do not look at the SRS either, although I think they collect quite a lot of money a day. [..] We can’t go like that with my orchestra and make money on the street, “the conductor does not hide his anger.

The issue of copyright is topical, which street musicians do not pay attention to when playing songs by other artists. “I’m not looking at anyone’s wallet, but it’s not fair – if we have to pay for copyright and follow the rules, then we want everyone to follow them.”

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