In the artist's words:

"A free spirit in the truest sense of the word" (Folker)

"Her linguistic art is reminiscent of the poems of Mascha Kaléko
or Erich Kästner." (WDR4)

"Music that has what it takes to be eternal." (Schall)

You always leave a concert by this award-winning singer and oboist
oboist, you always go out differently than you came in.
than you went in. Simply because afterwards you know that Miriam Hanika's poetic
universe and her rare instrument were made for each other.
were made for each other. Quite logically, so to speak. Whether solo on the piano or with her
with her rousing band - the music of this multi-instrumentalist has a
radiance that is impossible to resist.

As a "musical all-rounder" (prisma), she has won prizes at numerous competitions
numerous competitions (including the Peter-Rohland-Singe-Wettstreit,
Bonn Peace Song Competition). In 2024 she was awarded the
prize for young songwriters from the Hanns Seidel Foundation
was awarded.
In 2021, Miriam Hanika received the scholarship for music from the city of
Munich. With the Dandelion Quintett she won the
international Ars Ventus competition for chamber music 2019
the first prize. Her second album "Louise" (2021) was nominated for the
nominated for the German Record Award.

Since 2018 she has released under Konstantin Wecker's label Sturm &
Klang. Her upcoming album *innenleben (April 2025) will now be released
on her own label LOUISE. The search for identity in an
increasingly cold world is undoubtedly the focus here. And so
the unjustly dusty concept of universal femininity is given a long
femininity is given a long overdue place: in the very front row.