Birth name Maika Ceres Role Singer Name Maika Ceres | Years active 2005–present Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter | |
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Instruments Vocals, Piano, Galician tambourine, Flute |
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Maika Ceres (born July 19, 1987) is a Uruguayan classically trained lirico-spinto soprano singer and songwriter.
She currently resides in Bavaria, Germany.
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- Early life and formation
- 20052012 Music Career
- 2013present
- Discography
- References
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Early life and formation
Maika Ceres was born in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. She is of Portuguese, Italian and Spanish ancestry.
At the age of 6 she started playing piano and took classical piano lessons for 9 years as well as singing lessons but began classical vocal training at age 17, specializing in Lied music.
She also plays the Native American Flute (Lakota) and the Galician traditional tambourine (pandeireta galega).
In her shows she has sung in Italian, Portuguese, Galician, English, German and Czech as well as in her mother tongue Spanish.
Ceres is also an avid traditional archer and uses a longbow for practices and competitions.
2005–2012: Music Career
She has sung in the most important venues of Uruguay such as:
She has also offered many recitals for UNICEF and various musical tributes.
Since the year 2008 she works with Emil Montgomery, a producer / composer of experimental electronic music. With him she offered her first massive concert: “Astrodomus”, at Piria’s Castle, on February 27, 2009, before over 20.000 people.
She was part of "The path of the Sun, a country in concert" a national tour that promoted the cultural and historical heritage of Uruguay through shows in different parts of the country.
She has been by the side of Montgomery as his lead singer in Imaginaria, playing great classics of music and FaroSur, an international festival featuring prominent national and international artists to promote peace and respect for the environment. Sharing the stage with musicians such as Kitaro and Suzanne Ciani.
Maika has participated in both collective and individual concerts in the Traditional Folk music scene in Uruguay on several Uruguayan Celtic music Festivals.
She also continues with her classical concerts, singing mostly Lied repertoire.
Her unique voice and musical style made possible the fact that over the years she was able to merge both Celtic and Anglo-Folk together with opera-like singing, resulting in a unique and exceptional sound of her song versions.
2013–present
Ceres recorded as a guest vocalist for a metal album in Germany. in Helion Studios.
In Uruguay, October 2013 she finished the voice recordings for the album of the alternative/industrial rock band VATIKA, produced by Graffiti Award winner Daniel Anselmi.
The band launched the first single "Playing" on July 1st, via Facebook.
Discography
Vatika (2014)
Lúa Celta (2011)
Guest appearances
Vermiforme - 3103 (2014)
Crystal Gates - Song of the Lonely Mountain - The Hobbit OST Metal Version (2015)