Miary Lepiera
guitare, chant, percussions

Miary Lepiera spent his childhood with his grand-parents in Mandrosa, a little village at the south-western coast of Madagascar. He taught himself to play the guitar on an instrument he built on his own. Very soon he obtained a profound knowledge of traditional Malagasy music.

In Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, he played aimong various famous Malagasy artists. In between his Traditional heritage and the influence of modern music styles, he developped his particular musical ideas.

In 1994 the band 'Njava' hired him for numerous tours in almost every European country. Two years later Miary left the group to start his solo project. As a soloist he performed at many events in Belgium, Holland, Germany etc...

He collaborated with various musicians in Brussels and in 1997 finally cameout the formation "Sairy" ("The artists"), with the female Malagasy singer, Yadela Gellé, the bass player Duke T. Quarcoo (Ghana/Germany), the percussion player Hannar Zwrachtos (Belgium) and the traditional percussion player Haja Ratovoson (Madagascar).