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Mira Aroyo

Mira Aroyo (Bulgarisch: Мира Аройо; geboren 11. Juli 1977) ist eine bulgarische Musikerin und bekannt als die zweite Sängerin und eine der Keyboarderin und Liedermacherin der elektronischen Band Ladytron, außerdem auch DJane. Sie schreibt und singt ihre Lieder für Ladytron auf Bulgarisch und auch Englisch. Vor ihrer Vollzeit-Karriere in der Musik, studierte sie für einen D.Phil in Genetik an der Universität Oxford.

Jugend und Ausbildung

Mira Aroyo wurde 1977 in Sofia, Bulgarien als Kind bulgarisch jüdischer Eltern. Aroyo zog mit ihrer Familie im Alter von zehn Jahren nach Israel und später, in das Vereinigte Königreich.

Das erste Musikinstrument, das Aroyo spielte, war die Gitarre. Als sie jünger war spielte sie außerdem das Akkordeon.

Karriere

Wissenschaftliche Karriere

Nach ihrem Bachelor machte Aroyo einen Master in Genetik; sie war eine PhD Studentin in der Abteilung für Molekulargenetik, Institut der Biochemie der Universität Oxford, wo sie von Dr. François-Xavier Barre und Professor David J. Sherratt supervidiert wurde. 2003 veröffentlichte das Institut der Biochemie der Universität Oxford, dass Aroyo postgraduierte Genetikerin war und ...

Im Gegensatz zu verschiedenen Annahmen, dass sie ihren PhD ungefähr 2002 abgeschloss, brach Aroyo das Programm ab bevor sie graduierte und verließ die Universität. In einem Interview mit The Sunday Mail erklärte sie

Following the completion of her undergraduate education, Aroyo pursued postgraduate research studies in genetics; she was a D.Phil. student in the Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biochemistry of the University of Oxford, where she was supervised by Dr. François-Xavier Barre and Professor David J. Sherratt. In 2003, the Department of Biochemistry noted that Aroyo was a postgraduate geneticist and recognised the release of her band's second album, Light and Magic.

Contrary to claims that she completed her D.Phil., specifically in or around 2002 (though it has also been claimed that, as late as 2008, she was still a D.Phil. candidate), Aroyo left science and her D.Phil. programme before completing it and graduating. In an interview with The Sunday Mail, she explained that, "We all had jobs when we started Ladytron then little by little we ditched them. I was a geneticist doing a PhD and realizing lab work wasn't for me. We were doing Ladytron at the same time and I was enjoying it more. It was easier and more fun". In a later interview, when asked, "Apparently you were enrolled as a PhD student in Oxford. Seems like a pretty prestigious post did you ever have any doubts leaving academia for Ladytron?", Aroyo replied, "Yes. For the first 3 years of Ladytron I was juggling both, until it became apparent that I would be compromising both if I continued that way. I was young and it seemed a lot more fun at the time to travel the world playing music".

Mira Aroyo was born 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria, to parents of Bulgarian Jewish background. Aroyo moved with her family to Israel when she was ten and, later, to the United Kingdom.

The first musical instrument that Aroyo ever played was the guitar. Also when she was younger, she played the accordion. Although Aroyo's parents were cautious about her decision to pursue music, they were nevertheless supportive and respectful about it.

Mira Aroyo (Bulgarian: Мира Аройо; born July 11, 1977) is a Bulgarian musician, known as the secondary vocalist and one of the keyboardists and songwriters of the electronic band Ladytron, as well as a DJ. She writes and sings her songs for Ladytron in Bulgarian as well as English. Prior to a full-time career in music, Aroyo studied for a D.Phil. in genetics at the University of Oxford.