Mika Takehara

Mika Takehara is a percussion /marimba musician who fascinate the audiences with her sound creations and her musicality. Born in Japan and shortly lived in San Francisco at the age of 9, she studied piano and percussion/marimba as a kid both in Japan and in the US. Mika studied marimba with Keiko Abe at Toho Gakuen University of music in Tokyo and then at the age of 23 she moved to Sweden for studies with former member of the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Anders Loguin, and received her soloist performance diploma in Stockholm with the highest honours, giving her diploma concert with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and continued to develop her carrier and established herself as a soloist with orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenbourg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucern Philharmonic Orchestra and Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Orchestra and Los Angels Philharmonic Orchestra. Mika is also a member of Maestro Seiji Ozawa's the Saito Kinen Orchestra with yearly performances in Matsumoto, Japan and tours in Europe and USA with concerts at the Royal Albert hall, Carnegie Hall etc. ajabu! have released Mikas solo album Silence, the duo project Klakimara with Klara Hellgren and also the up and coming new project Zawa Zawa that Mika have together with Lisa Nordström. Zawa Zawa debut album will be out in 2025 on ajabu!.