Mika Posen

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Mika Posen
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Posen performing with Timber Timber (2009)
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Born Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Instrument(s)violin, viola
Website mikaposen.com

Mika Posen is a Canadian violinist and music instructor based in Ottawa. She is known for collaborating and performing with acts including Timber Timbre, Agnes Obel, and Forest City Lovers and performs as a solo artist under the name Merganzer. [1] [2] Her first solo album, Mirror Maze was released in 2015 and was recorded over the course of several years in Berlin, Germany. [2] A second solo album, Montage was released in 2019. [3] [4]

Posen grew up in Ottawa and is the daughter of Canadian singer and songwriter Shelley Posen. [1] She left at 18 and spent several years living in Guelph, Toronto, and Berlin. [1] Posen completed a double degree in music and biology at the University of Guelph and obtained a Masters in ethnomusicology at York University. [1] She returned to Ottawa in 2017 in part due to the rising costs associated with living in Toronto. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Simpson, Peter (8 December 2015). "The magical music of Merganzer". ottawacitizen. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 Hudson, Alex (23 October 2015). "Mika Posen Emerges from the Shadows of Timber Timbre, Forest City Lovers for Debut as Merganzer". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Muñoz, Matías (15 October 2019). "Single Premiere: Merganzer". Ottawa Showbox. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Maxwell, Owen (25 November 2019). "Album Reviews for November 25, 2019". Ottawa Life Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Edwards, Samantha (21 August 2019). "Squeezed out? Six musicians on why they left Toronto". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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