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Mirjana, Vocalist...

MIRJANA

About Me


Mirjana( pronounced Meer-ya-na) has performed on stages from America to Europe. Her passion for the Arts and performing arts has lead her on a multi-faceted journey, be it as a dancer, classical vocalist and opera singer, teacher, artistic coordinator, director and creator of show concepts. Currently she just finished her contract with CIRQUE DU SOLEIL as one of the two featured vocalists in "Mystère" at the Treasure Island Casino in LAS VEGAS. Back in Montreal, this upcoming year she will be teaching and creating a few speacial projects (Multi-media show, CD...).Mirjana graduated from Concordia University ECT and perfected her direction skills with several renowned artistic directors, working first with Daniel Helfgot who instilled in her the passion to learn more about direction ... Just prior to joining CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, she was a professor in the performing arts at VANIER COLLEGE in Montreal, all the while continuing to appear in a few performances on the local scene. Mirjana has performed with some of the most notable musicians and singers worldwide. A few of her Roma (gypsy)band members in Montreal were nominated for a Canadian Juno award (similar to an American Grammy). She performs fluently in English, French, Serbian, Romani, Russian,Spanish and Italian. Mirjana has a wide variety of musical taste, ranging from Classical, Opera, Roma (gypsy), Latin, Ethnic, Jazz... Awarded prizes to Mirjana were from The Charles-Emile-Gadbois foundation and the International Czech and Slovak Music competition. SONG CURRENTLY ON MUSIC PLAYER is from many years back from the Montreal based group KATJAR featuring Mirjana on vocals, MARTIN ST-PIERRE on violin (view in my friends section below) and BERNARD EPAUD on guitar... Thank you for visiting this page. New songs to be posted...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/6/2006
Influences: Roma(Gypsy), World, Latin, Jazz, Classical, Opera
Sounds Like: She has a unique emotional style all her own. Roma(gypsy) influenced, and Classically inspired.
Record Label: independent
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Mercedes Sosa: a voice, a guitar...

I am so deeply moved and inspired by this performance. A woman, her voice, one beautifully played guitar, one beautiful song, no choreography, no multi-media high-tech gimmicks, no in-ear monitors ; )...
Posted by Mirjana, Cirque vocalist on Fri, 04 May 2007 11:53:00 PST

Please share quotes and quote by William Blake

As you may have noticed, I thinking I am setting a trend to my blogs. Quotes. I love them. Especially when they are original and created spontaneously. The ones I love the most are from my daughter. T...
Posted by Mirjana, Cirque vocalist on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:18:00 PST

Quote...

To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and children,to earn the appreciation of critics and endure the betrayal of false friends,appreciate beauty, to find the best in other...
Posted by Mirjana, Cirque vocalist on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:33:00 PST