Maika Ceres
Maika Ceres in July 2013
Background information
Birth nameMaika Ceres
BornMontevideo, Uruguay
GenresCeltic, Lied, classical, symphonic rock, gothic metal
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano, galician tambourine, flute
Years active2005–present
Websitemaikaceres.wix.com/maikaceres

Maika Ceres is a Uruguayan/German classically trained lirico-spinto soprano singer and songwriter. She currently resides in South Lower Saxony, Germany with her husband and children.

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 six she started playing piano and took classical piano lessons for ten years as well as singing lessons. In the year 2000 she received her Diploma for vocal technique and began her classical vocal training at age 17, specializing in Lied music.
She also played the Native American flute (Lakota) and the Galician traditional tambourine (pandeireta galega) in several concerts.

In her shows she has sung in Italian, Portuguese, Galician, English, German, Latin and Czech as well as in her mother tongue Spanish.

Ceres is also an avid traditional archer[1] and uses a longbow for practices and competitions.

Maika Ceres on stage with Kitaro and Suzanne Ciani, March 2012.

2005–2012: Music career

She has sung in the most important venues of Uruguay such as:

  • Teatro Solís[2]
  • Gran Teatro Plaza
  • Sala Zitarrosa[3]
  • Castillo de Piria
  • Maroñas (Gran Premio Ramirez) LIVE TV
  • Planetario Municipal
  • Radisson Victoria Plaza LIVE TV
  • Teatro de la Casa de la Cultura de Maldonado[4][5]

She has also offered many recitals for UNICEF and various musical tributes.

Since the year 2008 she worked 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.[6] [7] 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[8] in Imaginaria,[9] playing great classics of music and FaroSur,[10][11] 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[12] and Suzanne Ciani. [13] [14]

Maika Ceres with Kitaro, Suzanne Ciani and Emil Montgomery in Teatro Solís.

Maika has participated in both collective and individual concerts in the Traditional Folk music scene in Uruguay on several Uruguayan Celtic music Festivals.

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 a classical singing[15] style, resulting in a unique and exceptional sound of her song versions.

2013–2015

Ceres recorded as a guest vocalist for a metal album in Germany.[16] 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 1, via Facebook.

In 2014 she offered a concert in the Stadttheater Redoute in Passau, an event organised by the Volkshochschule of Passau.

Stadttheater Redoute in Passau

In 2015 she was part of the first Kultur Jam Festival,[17] a Concert for refugees[18] in the city of Passau, Germany.

She continues with her classical concerts, singing mostly Classical and Baroque repertoire in Germany.

Kultur Jam Festival

Discography

  • Vatika (2014)
  • Lúa Celta (2011)

DVDs

Guest appearances

  • Vermiforme – 3103 (2014)[19]
  • Crystal Gates – "Song of the Lonely Mountain – The Hobbit OST Metal Version" (2015)[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to nginx eaa1a9e1db47ffcca16305566a6efba4!185.15.56.1". www.arquerosuruguayos.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Emil Montgomery en el Teatro Solís - Montevideo URUGUAY". April 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Música Celta en Montevideo: Sabado 15 de Octubre 2011". October 16, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Maika Ceres presenta "Furor Celta" en el Teatro de la Casa de la Cultura de Maldonado Casa de la Cultura de Maldonado Eventos de Punta del Este, Deportivos, Sociales, Culturales :: Puntaweb".
  5. ↑ "Maika Ceres Punta del Este 2013". September 20, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Astrodomus - el show de Emil Montgomery Que Sintonizó Con el Cosmos". Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Emil Montgomery en el Castillo de Piria Castillo de Piria Eventos de Punta del Este, Deportivos, Sociales, Culturales :: Puntaweb".
  8. ↑ "Emil Montgomery Concert Setlists". setlist.fm.
  9. ↑ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  10. ↑ "Festival Internacional "Farosur" de Emil Montgomery en el Solís". Archived from the original on October 11, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Festival Internacional FaroSur". March 23, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Kitaro is performing in Uruguay | Domo Blog".
  13. ↑ "Emil Montgomery en el Teatro Solis con IMAGINARIA".
  14. ↑ "Imprimir Blog".
  15. ↑ "Proyecciones musicales en el MNAV, con entrada libre".
  16. ↑ Stryker, Robin (September 4, 2013). "Gaby Koss & Carlos Mosquera Interview". Sonic Cathedral WebZine. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Erster Passauer Kultur Jam : Campus Passau Blog".
  18. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/PassauerKulturJam/photos/976702485682746/
  19. ↑ "Vermiforme - 3103". Discogs. 2014.
  20. ↑ "Song of the Lonely Mountain (The Hobbit OST Metal Version), by Crystal Gates feat. Maika Ceres".
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