Mika Takehara, percussion and marimba soloist, has developed a new musical, mental and technical balanced performance approach that has been uppmärksammad by the new Swedish Museum of Performance Arts and honored with an own exhibit.
Mika Takehara has after making her debut as marimba soloist with the Kroumata Ensemble in 1998 and shortly afterwards performing at the International Percussion Event, organized in conjunction with Stockholm’s year as Cultural Capitol of Europe, established herself as a soloist, appearing frequently with concerts in Sweden, Japan and all over Europe.
Mika also plays under Maestro Seiji Ozawa with the Saito Kinen Orchestra, 2016 Grammy awarded with best opera recording and worked as timpanist in the Mito Chamber Orchestra 2005-2010.

In September 2009 Mika Takehara debut as soloist with the Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra under Maestro Gustavo Dudamel together with the group “Glorious Percussion” in Sofia Gubaidulina’s Percussion Concerto “Glorious Percussion”. The
piece was first performed together with the Gothenbourg Symphony Orchestra earlier 2009 and she has since played with orchestras such as Los Angels Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucern Philharmonic Orchestra and Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Orchestra etc.

Mika Takehara graduated Toho Gakuen college of Music in Tokyo Japan after percussion/timpani studies for Prof. Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Kyoichi Sano and Akikuni Takahashi and marimba studies for the wold famous marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe.
Mika received her Research Diploma at Toho Gakuen in 1997 and got invited by professor Anders Loguin at the Royal University College of Music in Stockholm to attend the college as a guest student. After four years of studies in Stockholm she graduated from the soloist diploma course with the highest honors in 2001, giving her diploma concert with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2015 Mika debut as a composer with the piece Ichos to the dancer Virpi Pahkinen, percussion solo and electronics.
In April 2017 the music documentary "Sonica Sequence" was premiered in Copenhagen "film festival"CPH:DOX in which Mika and Lisa Nordstrom, duo ZAWAZAWA, perform with a session recorded in Tokyo 2017-2018 seasons highlights will be a solo recital in Stockholm Concert house and chamber Concert at the Swedish Radio Hall, Berwaldhallen, and season 2018-2019
will contain a world premier of composer Johannes Janssons Marimba Concerto with Swedish National Orchestra in Gothenburg and solo concert tour in Japan and Sweden with Musica Vitae.
Mika Takehara is an Sabian cymbals LTD Canada and Pearl Drums artist.