Biography

CATYA MARE IS A VIOLINIST WHO IS COMPOSING / PRODUCING / PERFORMING HER OWN MUSIC:


The violin is Catya Maré..s voice...beautiful, touching, classical-based melodies woven into a spectacular orchestral / pop backing.....music, that will enrich everybody..s heart and soul, take you to places you..ve only been dreaming of... Right now on 90 international radio stations, TV shows and Hollywood films...recent winner of the Billboard World Song Contest and nominated for the prestigious Hollywood Music Award!


BIO:

Catya Mare has been playing the violin all her life (first concert as a soloist with an orchestra at the early age of 10 years old, teachers a.o. Prof. Zakhar Bron and Prof. Ana Chumachenco), playing solo concerts as a classical violinist in the USA, Israel, Scandinavia, Germany, at festivals (Schleswig Holstein Musikfestival, Santander Music Festival).....has received numerous scholarships (such as Stipendium der Muenchner Orchesterakademie, Stipendium der Rotarische Gesellschaft Hamburg, Konzerte Junger Kuenstler) has been holding the position of an alternating concertmaster with a big scandinavian symphony orchestra (Aarhus Symfoniorkester).... and then found out that there were other possibilities, this wasnt enough....
One day, about three years ago, when recovering from a bad influenza and starting to play the violin again, she became aware of the fact, that she was playing something she never had heard or seen before. ESSENTIAL IMPRO! Music arising from the moment! A quite unusual thing for a classical musician. Since then she does perform at Museums of Modern Art (National Galerie Berlin, Kunsthaus Zrich, ARoS (DK), Leopold Museum Wien, Miami Bass Museum of Art etc), at churches, shows and does collaborate with dancers and painters.
January 2006 she left the orchestra in order to devote herself to her own music.

In February 2006 Catya Mare started to compose songs, where her violin is the primary voice. Its a completely new style of playing the violin (or better: singing it...) a breathing and vibrating sound, which resembles more the female voice than a usual violin.....Her songs have been broadcasted at 90 international radio stations, receiving the most amazing reviews and are placed on TV shows / films....

In April 2007 Catya Maré won the Sonic Bids Award for Composition.
And in September her song "It Came True" was featured in Vic Alexander..s film "BUTTERFLIES IN THE WIND" at the Awa Gardner Film Festival in North Carolina.
Her music was also included into the TV show "Cruisin´with e-Rider".

When not performing concerts/shows Catya Maré composes / produces / records her own music. LIGHT LONGING, the critically acclaimed debut album, has been released in January 2007 and is available from her web store on myspace / every major digital download site. Also her second album, REMEMBERING THE DAY, is available now from her web store / international digital download sites. You can find some of the fabulous reviews on REMEMBERING THE DAY in the reviews-section of this page.

In February 2008 she signed with the US record label Spectra Records and relocated from Denmark to LA.
Spectra Records will distribute her two first albums and release her third.

July 2008: seven brand new spectacular songs are composed / produced! Catya..s next album will be a love songs CD, titled "For My Love". Classical crossover / orchestral / pop.

September 2008: 14 new songs are produced for the new album...


November 2008: Catya has been nominated for the Hollywood Music Award! The ceremony took place in the famous Kodak Theatre complex in Hollywood on November 20 and was televised to 120,000,000 households internationally.....

November 2008: Catya's music will be featured in the Austrian artist boki.b.´s new audio book. It's called 'KÖNIGIN' ("QUEEN" in English) narrated by Irina Scholz, a famous German voice actress. It will be released in winter 2008 by Spellprints Publishing.



February 2009:
Winner of the Billboard World Song Contest.






Thank you very much for visiting Catya Mares website at airplaydirect.com and feel free to check out http://www.myspace.com/catyamar for her music videos, more songs, scores and scores of fans comments, blog, etc...






AIR PLAY:

a.o. MIXXSTUDIOS Radio (US), La Plante Bleue (France), Randbradio (US), SISO Radio (US), Push Radio (US), Sunset & Jazz Web Radio (US), Bowed Radio (US), myspace podcast, SZ Radio (Norway), the NY Radio show ""Lets get metaphysical"" (US), Beach House Radio (UK), Radiogogy (US), Ambient Ping Radio (US), Planet Tranquil Radio (USA), New Age Rhythms (USA), Blue Bert Radio (NL), Lotus Zen Radio (USA), Pagan Radio Network (USA), Adagio (USA), Moods of the Moon (USA), Orpheus (USA), Wayfarers Way (USA), Mystical Melodies (USA), Vinyl Bytes (USA), Eyes Of The Poet Radio (USA) and EMjoy (Germany), CoBalt Stream (US) and Radio Papesse (Italy), Lady Pantheress Radio (US), RenegadeRadio (US)...










REVIEWS:


"Catya Maré was a featured soloist in Europe by the age of 10. So it came as quite a surprise to this classical trained prodigy when she found herself creating improvisational music after a long bout with the flu. The creative freedom she found so unexpectedly led her to a whole new career and a style of playing that some may find reminiscent of early Kitaro. Her compositions are soaring and ethereal, as one listener noted, "light given voice". She blends the sound of her violin seamlessly with the synthesized keyboards and incorporates delicate percussion and effects nicely. On this album (which was retitled and repackaged when she signed with Spectra), all nine pieces are quite rich in melody and emotion. I especially like "Spring".

This is an exceptionally nice album."

(Review by Anne Williams, New Age Retailer publication)





"The violin is her voice; it brings forth sensual, atmospheric melodies with music that refreshes the soul. Her music has begun to gain popularity across Europe through her MySpace website, and now her second CD, “Remembering The Day”, exhibits another ethereal journey into the beauty of progressive classical music. For anyone who thinks violins are boring, this album will prove you wrong. The pop feel supports the heavenly sound of her violin that can do nothing but refresh your spirit and mind. It is what legendary music does best : every track on this CD touches the soul .. and it touches the sky. It was impossible to just listen to every selection once or twice. Each song on “Remembering The Day” expresses such emotion that the listener feels it.

The music tells a beautiful story. It paints pictures in the listeners’ mind that cannot be described as anything less that gorgeous. Technically, the music is totally flawless.

“Remembering The Day” may give off the impression that it is classical, but it is much more than that; it exposes the other side of the world."

(By L Anne Carrington, Indie Music Stop)








"....With full orchestral backup on many of her songs, even those that are stripped down to nothing more than Catya's violin also have all the textures of a forest at sunrise. And I also discovered that her music paints pictures in my mind that are absolutely gorgeous. Technically, I find any point of her music to be flawless...
Comparing her to any of the finest violinists in the world isn't out of the question. I really look forward to Catya Mare's music being included on MIXXSTUDIOS playlist. Steve, you're right, she is fabulous.
(Tim Weber, MIXXSTUDIOS, USA)"


"Your music is absolutely georgous! I really enjoyed the New Age flavor while dining on your violin sounds. WOW! is all I can simply state!!"
(Sonny Thomas
Music Artist Promotions Director for
MIAMI Music & Entertainment /
The H.M.D. Music Resource Guide )


"....visions of sunrises, sunsets and rainbows so hauntingly beautiful, spiritual, peaceful .. and ever so holy. You took me far into my dreamworld and you made me feel like ... like, well, just like "It Came True". What an absolutely beautiful and inspirational experience it was for me. You make music do what great music - what legendary music does best - with every beat of the heart it touches the soul .. and it touches the sky. It was impossible to just listen to this song once or twice - no, for me, it was much more than that. This is a wonderful, beautiful song Catya ... no words were spoken, yet every word was said. Thank you for such a deeply emotional piece of music - I'm honored to add "It Came True" to Legendary Music"
(Legendary Music Radio)



"This Girl Rocks the music world! Check her music out! Keep up the wonderful music!"
(Sound Spectrum Magazine, USA)



"....very evocative, very visual.....nice work!"
Jay Holben, film director / producer, Hollywood



"Every once in a while something truly beautiful happens. This is such a happening. I have heard some violin music in my time but nothing compares to Catya. She is a truly remarkable musician and gives her all in her performances."
(Review by Songcatcher Records, Ireland)



"AMAZING.... You are the most talented woman I think I have ever heard!!"
Universal Promotions (USA)



"Your music is incredibly beautiful. Very well composed and playing is even more fluid and flawless...total perfection. You are GREAT!
Thanks,
Johnny Kim"
(-Warner Brothers Pictures
Burbank, CA US
-Twentieth Century Fox Studios
Culver City, CA US
-Bill Graham Presents (concert promoter for major concerts)
San Francisco, CA US
-GLM Records
Beverly Hills, CA US
Artist and Repertoire (A&R))