Indianpolis, June 23, 2016
Internationally acclaimed award-winning singer, Anita Lerche, will be releasing her latest album entitled, "Bhajans", a collection of eight Hindu devotional songs relating to Yoga, Meditation, Spirituality, and categorized in the New Age music genre. Lerche will be celebrating her "Bhajans" release with two very special live performances; an invitation only event on June at The Lodge Recording Studios in downtown Indianapolis from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
On June 25, she will give a free open-to-the-public short performance between 6:30 to 7:30pm at the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana, 3350 North German Church Road, Indianapolis, IN 46235, as part of the Temple's One Year Grand Anniversary Celebration.
"Bhajans" is Lerche's fourth solo album release and highlights devotional Bhajans sung in Hindi with music that includes traditional Indian instruments fused with elements from New Age. The music tracks have been recorded in Punjab and Delhi, India, with the vocals recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the entire album mastered at Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California.
"The vision about this album was created ten years ago while I was living in India, so my heart feels overjoyed that it is now materializing." explains Lerche. "I feel a huge enthusiasm about sharing the album with my fans and also with many new music lovers worldwide. It is an album created in the honor of my late teacher Rattan Singh Rajput, with whom I shared a common dream about connecting East and West through my music. I feel immensely grateful to him and to Anurag Sood and his family for their guidance and belief in me. I also want to thank Sh. Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of Punjab Kesari, who supported me and helped me grow as an Artist into Hindu Devotional songs by inviting me to perform many times over the years at the Ram Navami celebrations in Jalandhar."
Lerche is most passionate and renowned for her award-winning work in Punjabi and was the first non-Asian woman from the West to release an album in Punjabi. She won the MH1 Punjabi Music Award for Best Non-Resident Indian Female Debut. Vocally trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, Lerche has sung in a total of sixteen different languages. She keeps her instrument, her unique voice, in top form thanks to her vocal coach, GRAMMY Award-winning singer Darlene Koldenhoven. Lerche first visited India in 2005 and considers Punjab her second home. Now a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, she travels the world entertaining huge crowds with her unique and electrifying performances while promoting the Punjabi language, culture and music.
"Indianapolis has been my home for the last four years and the Indian community in Indiana has always been very supportive of me and my music," states Lerche excitedly. "They've even participated during the recordings of my vocals at The Lodge Recording Studios, so I feel tremendously excited about performing my Bhajans live at their One Year Anniversary celebration at the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana. I am deeply grateful for their love and support which keeps me motivated to continue to produce and record new music."
"Anita is an indispensable asset to our Temple," says Dr. Anil Bajpai, Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana. "Her continued support and help is greatly appreciated. Her desire and dedication to share her talent of blissful renditions of devotional Music is greatly appreciated by the community. We wish her all the best in her life."
Lerche's career has included many stellar accomplishments, including receiving a Danish World Music Award for "Maahiya – featuring Cheshire Cat", Popular Multilinguist Singer Award by Prof. Mohan Singh Foundation, and Rooh-E-Punjab Award (The Soul of Punjab) from the International Cultural Society Shamchurasi. The Punjabi University, Patiala, has recognized her grand work for Punjabi culture and language, the previous Indian Ambassador to Denmark, Ashok Kumar Attri, has named her as a Cultural Ambassador between Denmark and India, she was named 'Ambassador For Peace' by the Universal Peace Federation, the Interreligious Federation for World Peace, and Reverend Dr. Sun Myung Moon (founder), and, she was recently honored to be named, Christel House Ambassador by Christel DeHaan and Christel House International. She was the Danish voice of Barbie in Toy Story 2 & Toy Story 3, as well as the Indian plane Ishani in Disney’s Planes. She has performed her own Punjabi songs in the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars. And, her entire catalogue of music; "I Love A Piano" (released February 21st, 2005), "Heer From Denmark" (released November 18th, 2006), and, "Sadke Punjab Ton" (released November 11, 2014) remain popular and in high demand; especially her "Sadke Punjab Ton", "Sammi", and "Merea Ranjha" music videos, which have been viewed by more than 10 million music lovers on YouTube.
Anita Lerche is a truly versatile artist who has won the hearts of millions of fans.