Marcela Alejandra Bovio García (born October 17, 1979) is a Mexican singer and violinist who is currently a member of the Dutch

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band

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. In 1995, she joined Hydra, a Mexican metal band, singing and playing violin. In 1999 they released an EP called "''Bosquejo''". After leaving them, Bovio co-founded the Mexican

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band

Elfonía Elfonía was an experimental rock band with elements of progressive and ambient music. It was founded by Alejandro Millán and Marcela Bovio in 2001 following the leaving of their previous band, Hydra. The band's line-up was extended in 2003 fo ...

in 2001, which was active until 2006. In 2003, she responded to a "casting call" by Dutch musician

Arjen Anthony Lucassen Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 3 April 1960) is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as the ...

for relatively unknown singers, who chose her to play the character of Wife in the

Ayreon Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk, electro ...

album ''

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''. In 2005, he also picked her for his new project, the

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band

Stream of Passion Stream of Passion is a Dutch progressive metal band with symphonic and gothic influences founded by guitarist and composer Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Mexican singer, violinist, and lyricist Marcela Bovio. They have released four studio albums. ...

. The band released their debut album ''

Embrace the Storm Embrace the Storm is Stream of Passion's debut album released on October 24, 2005 by InsideOut Music. It was preceded by the single "Wherever You Are" (October 18, 2005) and was followed by the single "Out in the Real World" (February 27, 2006), ...

'' the same year, with Bovio acting as sole lyricist. Lucassen left the band to continue on its own in 2007; this resulted in Bovio acting as band leader and one of the main songwriters (including for

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) on subsequent albums. Stream of Passion amicably disbanded in December 2016. In September 2016, Bovio independently released her first solo album, ''Unprecedented'', a classical album consisting of original songs she wrote; it was followed by ''Through Your Eyes'' in 2018. She joined

as a full-time member in 2017, after regular collaborations with the band since 2013. She regularly acts as backing vocalist for other bands, notably

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and

The Gentle Storm The Gentle Storm is a Dutch musical project by singer and lyricist Anneke van Giersbergen and composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, founder and leader of other musical projects such as Star One, Ayreon, Guilt Machine and Ambeon. The duo ha ...

, and was also one of the founding members of

VUUR VUUR ("fire", "passion" or "drive") is a Dutch progressive metal band formed in 2016 by singer and lyricist Anneke van Giersbergen and musicians she has worked with previously in bands like The Gentle Storm or her own solo band. The band is in ...

in 2016.

Career

Bovio started music around the age of five alongside her sister Diana; she sang, played

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and

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, and studied

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. At age 17, she formed a

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with her friends in which she was bass guitarist, but the band later decided that she would perform better as lead vocalist; around that time, she started classical singing lessons and violin, and became interested in rock and heavy metal. Early in their careers, Bovio and her then-boyfriend

Alejandro Millán Alejandro Millán (born July 10, 1980, Monterrey, Mexico) is the singer, keyboardist, and composer for band Hello Madness. After winning a music production contest by CONARTE, he released the album "Light and Life After Dusk". He founded the pro ...

were members of a band called Hydra.

Elfonía (2001–2006)

After leaving Hydra, Bovio and Millán formed the

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progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

band

in 2001, originally as a duo. They subsequently extended into a

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for their self-titled debut album in 2003.History of Elfonía
/ref> Two years later they released their second studio album, ''This Sonic Landscape'', which they described as a fusion of many music genres, including progressive rock,

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, and

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. The band eventually split up in December 2006.

Ayreon (2003–present)

In 2003, Bovio responded to a "casting call" by

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musician

for relatively unknown singers to be featured on one of his albums. Lucassen then chose her to play the character of Wife in his

album ''

'', released in 2004, which became Lucassen's best-selling album at the time. She was later featured on a new version of "Waracle" on the 2005 Special Edition release of ''

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''. Between September 18 and 20, 2015, most of the cast of ''The Human Equation'', including Bovio, reprised their roles in a production titled The Theater Equation, released the following year under the same name. She later performed at the first official Ayreon concerts in September 2017, titled ''Ayreon Universe''. One of the performances will be released as a live album in 2018, titled ''

Ayreon Universe – The Best of Ayreon Live ''Ayreon Universe – The Best of Ayreon Live'', alternatively known as ''Ayreon Universe – Best of Ayreon Live'' or simply ''Ayreon Universe'', is a live album and DVD/Blu-ray by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive rock/metal rock opera projec ...

''; she performed lead vocals on selected songs, and backing vocals as a part of the

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on others.

Stream of Passion (2005–2016)

Stream of Passion - Marcela Bovio on violin

While recording Bovio, Lucassen realized that he wanted to work with her again; he later decided to form a new band, with her on vocals and violin; they formed

in 2005, with a line-up also including Millán on keyboards, and her future husband

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on bass. The band released their debut album ''

'' in 2005, with Lucassen acting as composer and Bovio as lyricist. After several years of touring and the release of the live album ''

Live in the Real World ''Live in the Real World'' is the first live Compact Disc, CD and DVD album by Netherlands, Dutch/Mexico, Mexican progressive metal band Stream of Passion, created by Arjen Anthony Lucassen. It features not only songs from their debut album ''Em ...

'', several members of Stream of Passion chose to leave the band, including Millán, who had broken up with Bovio, and Lucassen, who had decided to leave to band to continue on its own. As the result, Bovio was left as band leader; she, Van Stratum and producer Joost van den Broek shared songwriting duties on their three subsequent studio albums: ''

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'' in 2009, '' Darker Days'' in 2011, and ''

A War of Our Own ''A War of Our Own'' is the fourth and final studio album by the Dutch progressive metal band Stream of Passion. Stream of Passion produced the album after leaving Napalm Records, financing it through crowdfunding website Indiegogo, and was the ...

'' in 2014. ''A War of Our Own'' was produced and released independently, and funded via the

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site Indiegogo. In April 2016, the band announced via Facebook that they would be separating at the end of the year, stating "Over the past eleven years we've had the time of our lives playing in stages all over the world and sharing moments of joy on stage. But all good things come to an end, and we feel it's time to move on and search for new musical challenges. We're proud of everything we've achieved, with your help, and we want to end the band history on a high note instead of losing focus, interest and drive. Before parting ways as a band we will perform a few goodbye shows; we also want to record a DVD to serve as a memento of the good times we've had. ..Once again, we'd like to express our eternal gratitude for the support you've given us all these years. All of us will continue to make music, one way or the other; so we still hope to see you soon on a stage near you. Thank you for being part of the wonderful adventure that has been Stream of Passion!" The band released a live album entitled ''Memento'' later that year, and performed their final show on December 28, 2016.

MaYaN (2013–present)

In 2013, Bovio collaborated with Dutch

, led by

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, another band she would later work with. She performed

parts on their second album ''

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'', released in January 2014, and performed lead vocals on three tracks: "Bloodline Forfeit", "Devil in Disguise", and "Human Sacrifice". After performing at MaYan live shows regularly since 2014, Bovio officially joined the band as a full-time member on June 21, 2017. She stated "I've had the pleasure of joining the guys and gals of MaYaN on stage for quite a while now, and every time we've played together it's been a blast! Not only are they all great musicians, but also really cool people to be around, über nice and funny as hell! So I'm very happy to officially be part of the MaYaN family, and I'm looking forward to lots of new adventures with the band!"

Solo career (2015–present)

In 2015, Bovio released her solo debut, an EP titled ''Found!'', consisting of two tracks, "Found!" and "Dime", later to be a part of her first full-length album. On April 20, 2016, Bovio announced the production of her first solo album, ''Unprecedented''. A departure from her previous works in the heavy metal and rock genres, it is a classical album recorded in a single live session, consisting of ten original songs she wrote, and in which she performs vocals accompagned solely by a

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. The album was funded via

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on Indiegogo; it reached its original goal of $6,000 in 11 hours, eventually reaching $26,858, 448% of its original goal, and was released independently on September 23, 2016 It featured both songs in English language, and songs in her native Spanish language. Later that year, Bovio toured as a solo artist, acting as

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for

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from November 6 to 24; except for the show on November 24, which featured a string quartet, she performed on all other dates with pianist Erik van Ittersum instead. On January 24, 2017, Bovio released a second version of the album, titled ''Unprecedented – The Piano Sessions'', with the string quartet replaced by Van Ittersum. This version, considered a new studio album by Bovio, was also recorded in a single day, and features four bonus tracks: an original song, two covers, and a version of "The One" from the original album with lyrics in Spanish. On February 9, 2018, she will perform a concert as a solo artist with Van Ittersum, as a part of an event dedicated to singer-songwriters. Bovio started the recording of her next solo album on January 15, 2018. She announced its title, ''Through Your Eyes'', on June 26, with a planned release in fall. Self-described as "melancholic

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", the album is "inspired by 11 different topics, provided to me by 11 different people from all around the world."

VUUR (2016–2017)

In 2016, singer

Anneke van Giersbergen Anna Maria "Anneke" van Giersbergen (born 8 March 1973) is a Dutch singer, songwriter and guitarist who became known worldwide as the lead singer for the rock band The Gathering between 1994 and 2007. She also has a solo career. The project wa ...

created the band

; she chose Bovio, whom she had worked with as a part of The Gentle Storm, as backing vocalist and secondary lead vocalist, alongside Van Stratum as bass guitarist. However, when the recording of the band's debut album '' In This Moment We Are Free – Cities'' started, Bovio and Van Giersbergen "wanted to take very different directions when it came to the sound and approach of the vocals". After failing to find a compromise that would satisfy both creatively, it was decided that Bovio would leave the band, as the two were afraid that doing otherwise would leave both regretful and hurt their friendship. Bovio made her departure official on April 11, 2017, stating "I'm truly devastated, because I'm a huge fan of Anneke and every single member of the band; they're all incredibly sweet people, as well as top notch musicians. Plus, the songs are so fantastic… this is going to be a revolutionary album! But I have to follow my heart and choose for what I think in the future will bring me (and the rest of the band) happiness, no matter how hard it feels right now. Anneke, Fer, Jord, Johan and Ed er VUUR bandmates you guys are THE BEST. I'd wish you luck but you don't need it, you are going to ROCK this world". In December 2017, she attended a concert of the band as a fan in

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, France.

Other works

Since 2012, Bovio started acting as backing vocalist and occasional secondary lead vocalist for

; she was featured in their albums '' The Quantum Enigma'' (2014) and ''

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'' (2016), their EP '' The Solace System'' (2017), and sometimes performs at their live shows. She was featured on the song "Divorce" by the rock opera project Computer Mind alongside

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, with the official music video released on March 13, 2015. The song was later featured in their debut album ''The Aspie Project'' in 2016, in which she portrayed the character of The Mother. In 2015 and 2016, Bovio performed as a live member and backing vocalist for

, a musical project by Arjen Anthony Lucassen and

; Stream of Passion also performed as their opening act. On February 27, 2015, the band released an official music video for their song "Heart of Amsterdam", Bovio performs backing vocals as in live shows.

Vocal teacher

On December 9, 2017, Bovio graduated as

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from the Universal Voice Institute in

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, with a score of 93 out of 100. In January 2018, she became a vocal teacher at the Metal Factory, one of the Netherlands' top MBO schools and the world's first heavy metal-based music school. In April 2017, progressive rock webzine Progsphere included Marcela Bovio in their "Top 10 Female Singers in Prog Rock, Metal and Around" listing.

Personal life

Bovio was born in

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. She has a sister named Diana, who is an actress and singer who performed as a backing vocalist on early Stream of Passion live shows. She moved to the

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around 2008. In October 28, 2011, she married Dutch bassist,

. They separated amicably in 2018. She considers her favourite musical artists to be the bands

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, Rush,

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, and

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, and singers

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Ann-Mari Edvardsen Ann-Mari Edvardsen (born 6 November 1973 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian coloratura soprano opera singer and keyboardist. She is best known as the former vocalist of Norwegian doom metal/avant-garde band The 3rd and the Mortal from 1995 to 1997 a ...

Sarah Vaughan Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "Jazz royalty, The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine ...

Cassandra Wilson Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female Jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed wi ...

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, and

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. In December 2019, following months of inactivity on her social media Bovio announced that she had been diagnosed with

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and was undergoing treatment. As of May 2020, Bovio announced that she is cancer free.

Discography

Solo

* ''Found!'' (EP, 2015) * ''Unprecedented'' (2016) * ''Unprecedented – The Piano Sessions'' (2017) * ''Through Your Eyes'' (2018)

Ayreon

* ''

'' (2004) – vocals as Wife * ''

'' (2005 reissue) – vocals on "Waracle" * ''

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'' (live, 2016) – vocals as Wife * ''

'' (live, 2018) – vocals, backing vocals * '' Electric Castle Live and Other Tales'' (live, 2019) - vocals, backing vocals * ''

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'' (2020) - vocals as one of the Furies

Hydra

* ''Bosquejo'' (EP, 1999)

Elfonía

* ''

'' (2003) * ''This Sonic Landscape'' (2005)

MaYaN

* ''Undercurrent'' (EP, 2018) * ''Dhyana'' (2018)

Stream of Passion

* ''

'' (2005) * ''

'' (live, 2006) * ''

'' (2009)Stream Of Passion – New Album Details
/ref> * '' Darker Days'' (2011) * ''

'' (2014) * ''Memento'' (live, 2016)

Dark Horse , White Horse

* ''Dark Horse , White Horse'' (2021)

As guest

* Íon – ''Madre, protégenos'' (2006) –

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and

on "Believe" * Beto Vázquez Infinity – ''Darkmind'' (2008) – vocals on "The tunnel of souls (Spanish version)" * David Adrián – "The Soundtrack Without Film" (2008) – vocals on "Eternal Dominions" * The Gathering – ''

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'' (2009) – vocals on "Pale Traces" * The Gathering – '' City from Above'' (EP, 2009) – vocals and lyrics on "Miniature" and "Pale Traces (Alternate Spanish Version)" * The Synthetic Dream Foundation – ''Mechanical Serpent'' (2010) – vocals on "Glittered Ripples From The Depths" *

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– ''Exile'' (2012) – violin on "The Illusionist" *

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– '' Wild Card'' (2013) – choir * Subsignal – ''Paraíso'' (2013) – vocals on "The Blueprint of a Winter" *

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– ''

'' (2014) – vocals on "Bloodline Forfeit", "Devil in Disguise", and "Human Sacrifice" *

– '' The Quantum Enigma'' (2014) – backing vocals *

– ''Remembrance'' (2015) – backing vocals on "Aces High", violin on "Still Life '15" * Delirium Cordia - ''Litost'' (2015) - vocals in "Getting No Relief" * Exxiles (Oblivion) Llorona (2015) * Kid Harlequin – ''Itch'' (2016) – vocals on " Hounds" * Epica – ''

'' (2016) – backing vocals * Epica -'' The Solace System'' (EP, 2017) – backing vocals * Off the Cross – ''Era'' (EP, 2018) – backing vocals on "The Goddess" * Mortemia - The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions (2021) - vocals in "Death Turns A Blind Eye" *

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- ''

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'' (2022) — vocals on "Fate of Man (alternate version)" and "Hand on the Clock (alternate version)", backing vocals

References

External links

Official Marcela Bovio Website

Official Stream of Passion Website

Official Elfonía Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bovio, Marcela 1979 births Women heavy metal singers Singers from Monterrey Mexican violinists Women violinists Mexican expatriates in the Netherlands Mexican people of Italian descent Mexican people of Spanish descent Living people Stream of Passion members 21st-century violinists Mayan (band) members