Markki Stroem

'Markki Stroem' (Marcello Angelo Stroem) is a Filipino Norwegian finalist in ABS-CBN’s Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1. A music fan by nature, he enjoys listening to a wide variety of artists such as John Legend, Adele, Robin Thicke, Lauryn Hill, India Arie and Up Dharma Down. He finished his studies with merit and honors in the Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland with Bachelor of Arts degree in Hospitality and Marketing Management. Tagged as today’s Sexy Jazz Artist --- Markki played the lead character Henry in Next To Normal, by Atlantis Production last March 2011 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City, directed by Bobby Garcia. He also became part of ASAP (variety show) Boys R Boys (BRB) and won as Most Promising Male Group in the Guillermo Mendoza Box Office Awards. He was nominated as Best Actor (Cinema 1 Originals Awards), Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor (Golden Screen Awards), Best Breakthrough Actor (Gawad Tangi) and New Movie Actor of the Year (PMPC Star Awards for Movies) for Cinema One Originals 2012 Slumber Party Singer, songwriter, arranger, music video director/producer. Produced and directed the following music videos: Rachelle Ann Go’s “Whispered Fear”, Christian Bautista and Neocolours’ “Sasabihin” and Noel Cabangon’s “Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka’ Director and Co-producer of his own singles “Steal Your Soul” and “Thousands of Pieces” which both gained outstanding response on the MYX charts. He is out with his very first solo album "Thousands of Pieces" under Cornerstone Music, which topped the Astroplus top-selling album charts for September 2012.