Biography
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Born
14 July 2000 (age 23)
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Born In
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Maia Reficco Viqueira was born on July 14, 2000 in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. She is an Argentine-American actress and singer, known for starring in Nickelodeon's Latin America "Kally's Mashup" series.
At 7 years old she moved to Buenos Aires with her family, since she was little she showed an interest in music, sang, played the guitar. the piano, saxophone and ukulele. At the age of 15, Reficco traveled to Los Angeles and lived with Claudia Brant where she had the opportunity to study singing with Eric Vetro, a renowned vocal coach of great artists such as Ariana Grande , Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes . We also attended a 5-week program at Berklee College of Music in Boston in which she excelled, earning a scholarship.
He came to the Nickelodeon project, "Kally's Mashup" thanks to Claudia Brant and the social network Instagram. It was Brant who was in charge of sending the covers that Maia made of different artists and went up to the platform, then she was contacted by the production of the series for an audition. Audition with the song "Dangerous Woman" by the singer Ariana Grande. He finally landed the starring role in the series playing a Kally Ponce. The series features original music composed by Adam Anders, his longtime musical partner, Peer Astom and his wife Nikki Anders. Adam Anders is also in charge of executive production, overseeing all the music for the series. Reficco signed with the record company Deep Well Records and traveled to Miami to record music for the series. On October 19, 2017, Maia was presented for the first time at the Kid's Choice Awards Argentina presenting "Key of Life" and "Baby Be Mine", main themes of the series.
On August 21, 2018, he performed at the Kid's Choice Awards Mexico 2018 where he performed the song "World's Collide" and "Unísono" along with the cast of Kally's Mashup. On August 25, 2018, he performed at the Kid's Choice Awards Argentina 2018, where he again performed the song "World's Collide" and "Unísono". On November 7 Reficco appeared at the Meus Prêmios Nick 2018, where he performed the same songs again; That same night she was awarded as "Favorite TV Artist" along with three other categories for the series.
Maia confirmed that she is already working on her solo music and that she plans to release singles in mid-2020.
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