Mrika is a Luso-Kosovar pianist specializing in both classical and contemporary repertoire and performing regularly on the piano, MIDI keyboards, and toy piano.
Mrika completed her BA and MA degrees in piano in Switzerland, studying under renowned musicians, including Konstantin Lifschitz, Patricia Pagny, László Gyimesi, and Tobias Schabenberger, at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel, Hochschule der Künste Bern and Hochschule für Musik Luzern. During the studies in Switzerland, she was awarded scholarships from B.O.G. - Basler Orchester-Gesellschaft and atDta Stiftung. Prior to this, she studied with Vlora Baruti and Misbah Kaçamaku at the Music Conservatory in Pristina (Kosovo).
Mrika received impactful tuition from eminent artists, such as: Maria João Pires, Lilit Grygoryan, Miguel Borges Coelho, Ronald Brautigam, Claudio Martinez Mehner, Marta Zabaleta, Wolfgang Rihm, Anton Kernjak, Marc Coppey, Christophe Coin, Maria de Macedo, Paulo Gaio Lima, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Caspar Frantz, Pierre Sublet, Eduardo Torbianelli, Afonso Fesch, Ina Dimitrova, Christian Giger, among others.
In 2015, Mrika won the 1st prize at the YAMAHA Piano Competition in Bern (Switzerland), and in 2013 the 2nd prize at Concours Musical de France, in Paris (France).
As an avid chamber musician, Mrika co-founded Duo Litanei with cellist Hugo Paiva in 2018, and together they hold a MA degree in chamber music from Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy", in Leipzig.
Her passion for Lied has culminated in fruitful collaborations with the singers Marios Maniatopoulos, Martijn Cornet, Ana Sofia Ventura, Hernán Vuga, etc.
One of Mrika's most inspiring collaborators is Martim Sousa Tavares—a conductor, author, and artistic director. She has appeared in several TV programs curated by him and performed as a soloist with Orquestra Sem Fronteiras under his baton.
In recent years she has established herself not only as interpreter of contemporary music, but also as collaborator to a wide base of living composers, having premiered works by Agustín Castellón Molina, Rui C. Antunes, Corie Rose Soumah, Wieland Hoban, Eleni Ralli, Valerio Sannicandro, João Quinteiro, Hugo Vasco Reis, Michael Maria Ziffels, Marta Domingues, Zachary Seely, etc.
Mrika is a member of Concrète LAB Ensemble, Ensemble Contemporâneo da Póvoa de Varzim and works frequently with Ensemble Contemporary Insights, based in Leipzig. She works frequently with Fidel Évora, a contemporary visual artist, having more recently presented "Safe Space”, a 4K video installation that premiered at the ARCO Lisboa 2023 art fair.
Her latest endeavor, Duo Nada Contra, formed in 2023 with percussionist Francisco Cipriano, explores unique soundscapes where she incorporates MIDI keyboards, expanding her distinctive approach to contemporary music.
Mrika lives in Leipzig, Germany.
Mrika completed her BA and MA degrees in piano in Switzerland, studying under renowned musicians, including Konstantin Lifschitz, Patricia Pagny, László Gyimesi, and Tobias Schabenberger, at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel, Hochschule der Künste Bern and Hochschule für Musik Luzern. During the studies in Switzerland, she was awarded scholarships from B.O.G. - Basler Orchester-Gesellschaft and atDta Stiftung. Prior to this, she studied with Vlora Baruti and Misbah Kaçamaku at the Music Conservatory in Pristina (Kosovo).
Mrika received impactful tuition from eminent artists, such as: Maria João Pires, Lilit Grygoryan, Miguel Borges Coelho, Ronald Brautigam, Claudio Martinez Mehner, Marta Zabaleta, Wolfgang Rihm, Anton Kernjak, Marc Coppey, Christophe Coin, Maria de Macedo, Paulo Gaio Lima, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Caspar Frantz, Pierre Sublet, Eduardo Torbianelli, Afonso Fesch, Ina Dimitrova, Christian Giger, among others.
In 2015, Mrika won the 1st prize at the YAMAHA Piano Competition in Bern (Switzerland), and in 2013 the 2nd prize at Concours Musical de France, in Paris (France).
As an avid chamber musician, Mrika co-founded Duo Litanei with cellist Hugo Paiva in 2018, and together they hold a MA degree in chamber music from Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy", in Leipzig.
Her passion for Lied has culminated in fruitful collaborations with the singers Marios Maniatopoulos, Martijn Cornet, Ana Sofia Ventura, Hernán Vuga, etc.
One of Mrika's most inspiring collaborators is Martim Sousa Tavares—a conductor, author, and artistic director. She has appeared in several TV programs curated by him and performed as a soloist with Orquestra Sem Fronteiras under his baton.
In recent years she has established herself not only as interpreter of contemporary music, but also as collaborator to a wide base of living composers, having premiered works by Agustín Castellón Molina, Rui C. Antunes, Corie Rose Soumah, Wieland Hoban, Eleni Ralli, Valerio Sannicandro, João Quinteiro, Hugo Vasco Reis, Michael Maria Ziffels, Marta Domingues, Zachary Seely, etc.
Mrika is a member of Concrète LAB Ensemble, Ensemble Contemporâneo da Póvoa de Varzim and works frequently with Ensemble Contemporary Insights, based in Leipzig. She works frequently with Fidel Évora, a contemporary visual artist, having more recently presented "Safe Space”, a 4K video installation that premiered at the ARCO Lisboa 2023 art fair.
Her latest endeavor, Duo Nada Contra, formed in 2023 with percussionist Francisco Cipriano, explores unique soundscapes where she incorporates MIDI keyboards, expanding her distinctive approach to contemporary music.
Mrika lives in Leipzig, Germany.
