desiFEST 2011: Anita Lerche
desiFEST, Canada's South Asian Festival , will be celebrating its 5th year anniversary on Saturday, May 28th, 2011, at Yonge & Dundas Square in Toronto ON. Check out who will be rocking the stage at this year's event.
Anita Lerche
• Danish Pubjabi Singer/Dancer, Anita Lerche embodies the encounter of the east with the west, she started singing at the age of 7, at 13 she joined a Denmark radio’s girl chorus, at 15 she started singing professionally in a church chorus
• Anita is the first non-Asian woman from the west to sing and release a solo album in Punjabi titled “Heer from Denmark” was inspired by the legend of Heer-Ranjha in November 2006
• Anita has toured with Jazzy B and performed with Balvinder Safri of Safri Boys
• She has received a Punjabi Music Award in 2007 for the Best NRI Female Debut from the Punjabi music channel MHI and won world track of the year at Danish World Awards in 2009
• Recently, Anita just came back from touring India and will make her 1st debut in Toronto, Canada at desiFEST May 28th, 2011.
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