Mika Posen

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]

Mika Posen
Posen playing violin
Posen performing with Timber Timber (2009)
Background information
BornOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Instrument(s)violin, viola
Websitemikaposen.com

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 master's degree 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]

References
  1. Simpson, Peter (8 December 2015). "The magical music of Merganzer". ottawacitizen. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  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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