“Paul kicked me out of his band.” Akuratere reveals that she was never Raymond Paul’s favorite

“At the age of 16, I ran away from school in Riga to Liepāja, where the brilliant director Olģerts Kroders hosted future actors in the second studio of the Liepaja theater. (..) I met Jānis Lūsēnas, who wrote the music for the play “Princess Gundega and King Brusubarda”. He noticed my musicality. and suggested to Yuri Kulakov, who created the group,” recalls Akuratere.

“Juris said that he likes my background, intelligence, spiritual world, education as an actress, musicality. He was excited about my last name Akuraters, pronouncing it with the ending of the Latvian tense. Kulakov invited his piano teacher Raimonds Paula to the first trial concert of “Pērkona”. remembers the singer.

It turns out that Paul had a strong opinion about Ieva. “After the concert, he said to Juri: “Well, you can keep that guy (Raimonda Bartasevič – aut.), but let that girl go! Juris did not obey and kept me. Kulakov was not only my friend, he valued me, trusted me, I was a close person to him,” says Ieva.

This was not the only meeting when Paula and Akuratere ended unpleasantly. “Our paths had crossed when I worked in Liepāja theater, I sang in Imanta Kalniņš’s rock opera “Hey, you’re there!”, I also played in other shows. I wanted to become a singer, and when Raimonds Pauls performed in Liepaja with the group “Modo”, I went to see him Paul accepted me in the group for a trial period. I returned to Riga, but after a month and a half my voice stopped, and