Originally from Mainz, Germany, I've been living in Moscow for nine years now, where I work as a singer and songwriter and teach improvisation and vocal technique. I'm honoured to play with Moscow jazz greats like Sergej Manoukian, Jakov Okun, Aleksandr Mashin, Anton Revnyuk, Vladimir Nesterenko, Genja Borez..., and perform with various formations in Moscow jazz clubs and in venues all over Russia, Eastern Europe and Germany.My first album "With a bit of your love" was released in May 2004 at Rodenstein Records, my second album "Early Train" in July 2006. "Quadratur des Kreises" (quadration of the circle), a German Jazz CD with biblical issues has just come out. I also plan to record jazz standards I arranged last summer during a two month stay in New York and since. With Wladimir Nesterenko we are working on the production of a Jazz Christmas Charol CD (rearranged christmals Charols from 16th to 19th century), which is supposed to be released in November.In summer 2006 I got to know Lionel Haas, a very talented composer and pianist from Berlin. After playing several concerts in Berlin, Azerbajdjan and Georgia we decided to continue our work as a trio named "MLJ -siMpLy Jazz" (voc. Misha Steinhauer, pno Lionel Haas, bass Jonathan Robinson). See my top friends for further info on the musicians mentioned in this text.In the beginning of 2007 I came to know Matthias Claus. Since then we played such interesting venues like "Weinheimer Jazztage" ,"Braunschweig Classix" and others. It is a pleasure to work with such interesting and innovative musicians...I started my musical life with singing before I could walk (at least that's what my grandma always said) and because we had a wonderful old piano, my parents payed me piano lessons, when I was 9 (whereas I wanted to sing). I had my first band with 16 and wrote my first own songs and always dreamed of studying music, but mayored in economic education at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz first -you've got to work for a living - and took singing lessons. I had several musical projects and worked with styles such as rock, funk, jazz rock, R&B, fusion and gospel. In 1999, my husband was transferred to Russia, and the whole family with three daughters moved to Moscow. I began to study full-time at the College for Jazz and Contemporary Music "Consort" (meanwhile renamed to "Gershwin-College"), majoring in Singing and Composing. Among my teachers were Inga Yannik (Singing), Yuri Tshugunov (Composing), Michail Okun and Irina Tomaeva (Improvisation). I took part in festivals and contests and won several awards, for example in the national Yessenin Contest for Young Composers, took master classes with Deborah Brown, J.D. Walter and others, and had private lessons with J.D. Walter and Miles Griffith. In May 2004 I passed with distinction. Almost at the same time my debut album "With a bit of your love" was released by Rodenstein Records. It consists of 13 originals (music and vocals: Misha, lyrics: Marion Otto, piano: Pavel Panfilov, bass: Pavel Korshagin, drums: Vitali Igonin, saxophone: Gotshar Temirdyanov).Early in 2005, I met Yakov Okun and his MosGorTrio (bass: Anton Rewnyuk, drums: Aleksandr Mashin). It was the beginning of a fruitful collaboration: we've been giving concerts and in November 2005 recorded my second CD "Early Train". The songs are once again my own, also the lyrics (except for "Early Train" and "Last Date With the City" Marion Otto). A further fruit was "Quadratur des Kreises" 2008, music and lyrics by me.Life in Moscow is quick thinking, fast rhythm, improvisation and always new even in standard situations... a kind of Modern Jazz, it seems.
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