MIKA
Born in Beirut August 18, 1983 to a Lebanese mother and American father, Michael Holbrook Penniman was a year when his family left Lebanon for Paris, where he goes to kindergarten. He lives in the French capital for about 9 years. Mika has two big sisters, Yasmine (DaWack) and Paloma. It also has a younger sister, Allegra and a younger brother, Fortune. Yasmine with the visual aid of his works (the one who designed the cover of the album Life in Cartoon Motion). When Mika reached the age of eight, his father is held at the Embassy of the United States to Kuwait for safety reasons, for seven months, at the very beginning of the Gulf War. When he moved to London after nine years in France, he spent a small school in a huge institution. That's when Mika retreats into silence, he breaks into playing the piano. This is after listening to Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana he wrote his first music he describes as an instrumental piece, the piano, "awful", called Wrath. He discovered a passion for opera and voice capability non-standard. Mika then studied at the French Lycée Charles de Gaulle, where he is a victim of bullying. He also problems at the time of dyslexia. He encountered many difficulties at age 11 and was interned by decision of his mother for a period of 6 to 8 months. Later he will go to Westminster School, then at St Philips School in Kensington. At 19, he obtained a place at the London School of Economics he chose never to attend. He then succeeds in integrating the Royal College of Music, he left for a solo career. Despite several "demos" sent to record companies, where he was told he has talent but he is too different, do not despair Mika. One of them asks him to sing in the style of Robbie Williams or Craig David Mika refused and wrote a song against the company, citing its rhythm to the Marriage of Figaro. He declared: "You want me to be Craig David, I will be Grace Kelly instead of that and see if you still want me to make a contract" [1]. He added: "They read the words and when they got to the line that says Do I look older, do I have to kneel down just to be on your shelf? they decided not to remember. "[A] Mika then arrives in a small record company that goes bankrupt, it gives the album and said," Now, press Play " Musical careerMika at the V Festival 2007The English professional debut of Micah (to prevent a faulty pronunciation, the "k" is quickly replaced the "c") in music were eclectic. He participated in concerts of classical music at the Royal Opera House in London, wrote background music for British Airways flights or even composed the music for a commercial for chewing gum. Its first airplay from September 2006 and January 2007 on BBC Radio 2. It is then that he met producer David Baguet, with whom collaboration has been possible despite very similar musical worlds. Then they say of its range it covers four octaves, he says it is actually closer to three and a half octaves [3]. After signing with Casablanca Records label, recorded a first single Mika Relax, Take It Easy, a version for 7 minutes, only available in download, released in England in 2006. We find this title on the melody (I Just) Died in Your Arms Cutting Crew, and the introduction and the melody of the famous Spacer Sheila & B. Devotion. It is followed by a Maxi Dodgy Holiday only available for download that contains several studio and live excerpts from her debut album Life in Cartoon Motion, the music store iTunes Store has made freely available for one week, the title Billy Brown which will then appear on her album. The album release is preceded, in January 2007, a second single Grace Kelly, only available for download and distributed by Universal Music. Grace Kelly was the first success of Mika and occupied the top of the charts in England. A 12-minute CD and a limited edition (7 minutes) were distributed January 29, 2007, on which we can find remixes by Tom Neville, Bimbo Jones, Linus Loves, and Pull Tiger Tail. Life in Cartoon Motion, produced and mixed by Greg Wells in Los Angeles, was released in February 2007. This album has as its theme the transition from adolescence to adulthood [4]. This album also deals with subjects 'difficult': homosexuality (in Billy Brown, the protagonist has an affair with a homosexual), discrimination on people with strong (in Big Girl (You Are Beautiful), including, music inspired by American bar, the Butterfly Lounge, a bar is reserved for "big"). During 2007, the album is imposed everywhere in Europe. He became such an issue in England, France, Belgium and Switzerland. He was supported by several singles including the re-release of Relax, Take it Easy, Love Today and Big Girl (You Are Beautiful). He finished top annual sales of album in France in 2007 and was certified diamond. In June 2007, Mika began his tour in the U.S. and Canada, along with Sara Bareilles and Natalia. In September 2007, Mika began his European tour, the Dodgy Holiday Tours. On 10 October he was in Lille, France, Nov. 17, he began the part of his tour in the UK, accompanied by Palladium. Another tour was started in January 2008 in North America where it is accompanied by The Midway State, which continues in February with a stop in Los Angeles for the 50th edition of the Grammy Awards. July 4, 2008, Mika gave a single concert at Parc des Princes in Paris in front of over 55,000 fans. Décor, staging and re-orchestration of certain securities have been devised for this concert. Mika has also interpreted the world hit Grace Kelly in French. In June 2009, Mika has toured Europe to promote his new EP titled "Songs for Sorrow", which contains four previously unreleased songs, and his second album, entitled "We Are Golden" due out September 21, 2009. He has performed in France, 11 and 12 June 2009 at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris Bouglione. In 2007, Mika won three awards at the World Music Awards ceremony, that is to say, the maximum number of awards won by any artist, in addition, it is the first artist to have won three World Music Awards in one year only. In 2008, Mika won the trophy for international revelation of the year at the NRJ Music Awards, and the revelation of the British at the Brit Awards. Google machine translation: MIKA's original bio |
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| MIKA Arr : NEWMAN JOHN Publisher : Martinus Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Pop music |
Set Wind Band (MT01-451-11-BA) : € 104,47 Full score (MT01-451-11-CO) : € 20,89 |
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| MIKA Publisher : De Haske Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Pop music |
Set Wind Band (H1812-11M-BA) : € 120,64 Full score (H1812-11M-CO) : € 34,47 |
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| MIKA Arr : BRIAN GERHARDSONN Publisher : Beriato Music Publishing Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Pop music |
Set Wind Band (BO78-BA) : € 82,15 Full score (BO78-CO) : € 16,44 |
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| MIKA Arr : Frank BERNAERTS Publisher : Bernaerts Genre : Orchestra Group : Brass band Style & options : Pop music |
Set Wind Band (BER08.0574BB-BA) : € 63,30 | ||