Bio
Singer, composer, and creator Ona K envelops you in a mist of beauty. Once you enter, you won’t want to escape. With the sensuality of her voice, the elegance of her compositions and arrangements, her powerful aesthetics, and the strong community of musicians she has created around her music, she moves the listener’s soul in a way that they will always remember.
Her music pushes stylistic boundaries. It is born in the roots of descriptive cinematic music, connected to poetry (in English and Spanish), with a voice and arranges that navigate between r&b, and jazz, and a string quartet that is rooted in her to her classical origins.
Born in Barcelona, having lived in Spain, India, United Kingdom, and Austria, Ona K describes herself as migrant bird. In her travels, she has performed to critical acclaim in venues and festivals across Europe and the United States, winning several national and international awards. Most recently, she received the Palladium Theater Creative Class Grant, that inspired her to start this project.
She created her new project FULL, NEW, LUNA, with two very conscious goals in mind:
First, strengthening the local music community she loves - bringing greater visibility to its soulful musicians.
Second, she connects herself and her audience to the powerful and intimate cycles of nature, the cycles of feminine energy, of the Moon, and of Earth’s renewal. This welcomes the audience to connect with love and pride around femineity, migration, spirituality, and healing and growth.
The album will be released digitally on all platforms, one single a month, starting on October 22.
Physical copies of the complete album will be exclusively available in Ona K concerts.
THE COMMUNITY
Songbird Shella: background vocals
Guiana Brantley: Background vocals
Anthony Aldissi: keys
Patrick Bettison: Keys
John O'Leary: keys
Joe Cosas: keys
Simon Lasky: keys
LaRue Nickelson: guitar
Greg Diamond: guitar
Elias Tona: bass
Jonathan Thomas: drums
Natalie DePergola: drums
Mark Feinman: drums
Christina Adams: violin
Laura Martin: violin
Rafael Ramirez: viola
Sungho Jung: viola
Michael Amos: violoncello
David Greenberg: mastering
Alejandro Arenas: co-producing, mixing, and bass
Ona K: Vocals, compositions and arrangements, production and design
Ona Kirei · Mirage
Catpig Records · Release Date: July 9, 2022
For more information on Ona Kirei, please visit: onakirei.com
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813 895 6722