Marika Saralotta Lejon (born 3. October 1984 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian composer and singer.[1] She grew up in Søgne, in the south of Norway, with a Norwegian father and a Czech mother. Her parents were both journalists, so she had the opportunity to travel and see the world. She was educated at University of Oslo in Media Studies, and completed a masters degree autumn 2010. She was also educated nutritionist at Norges Idrettshøgskole and webmaster at Gjøvik University College. At the age of 5, she started to learn how to play the piano by a private music teacher. Two years later she ditched the piano in favor of voice-lessons which lasted until she was 16. At th age of 6, she started composing music. Before she started performing on TV, she participated in, among other things, NM Rock 2000 (Finale of the Rockefeller in Oslo, where she was voted as the best vocalist), By: Larm 2002 (youngest participant). NRK.no.[2] Lejon released her first single To Milan in 2004. She participated in Kjempesjansen autumn 2006 with the self-composed song Again and the gypsy song Nane Tsocha. She participated in the Melodi Grand Prix 2007 (the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest selection) with the song Perfect Sin which was written by the Swedish Adam AlverMark. Then she participated in the Norwegian Talents on TV2. In 2009 she released her debutalbum My Fire. She calls the genre on this record Gipsypop. In 2011 she participated for the second time in the Melodi Grand Prix with the self-composed song Hungry for You (Gipsy Dance), but didnt get to the finals. According to her, she wrote the song while she was writing the thesis, longing for dancing and laughter.https://youtube/watch?v=OldQcnG3CN0
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:29:36 +0000
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