Award-winning Danish-Punjabi singer-songwriter, composer, actress, Anita   
   Lerche, is scheduled to perform live in concert during desiFEST 2016, in   
   Yonge-Dundas Square, downtown Toronto, on Saturday, May 28th, at approximately   
   7:25pm. Lerche's incomparable    
   vocal talent and commanding stage presence has wowed audiences around the   
   world. This will be her third performance at North America's leading outdoor   
   South Asian music experience known as desiFEST; which is celebrating its 10th   
   Anniversary. The desiFEST    
   concert is free, runs from 10:00am to 10:00pm, and is billed as a family event.   
      
   "Anita is a wonderful example of a passionate artist, ambassador of the   
   culture, and someone who has proven that hard work can lead to incredible   
   success in the music business," says Sathish Bala, desiFEST founder. "Her   
   story is something we want to    
   share through desiFEST. That's why we love having Anita at desiFEST."   
      
   "I feel very honored and excited to perform at the 10th Anniversary of   
   desiFEST 2016," states Anita Lerche. "I have performed at desiFEST before and   
   had some of my best concert experiences...the amazing crowds and the   
   outstanding professionalism of the    
   event organizers. The festival is important because it unifies all corners of   
   the South Asian community, bringing South Asian music to the mainstream. It is   
   a perfect opportunity to showcase the great artistic South Asian talent from   
   Canada and abroad in    
   the heart of a beautiful city with a vibrant downtown...that IS Toronto."   
      
   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. In    
   support of South Asian music and those artists aspiring to become involved,   
   Lerche will also participate on the "Face The Music" panel at the desiFEST   
   Music Industry Conference held in the George Vari Engineering and Computing   
   Centre, on Friday, May 27th,   
    from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.   
      
   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 and the previous Indian Ambassador to Denmark, Ashok Kumar Attri, has   
   named her as a Cultural    
   Ambassador between Denmark and India. 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. And, she has performed her own Punjabi songs in the Danish version of   
   Dancing with the Stars.    
   Lerche is a truly versatile artist who has won the hearts of millions of fans.   
      
   "Sadke Punjab Ton" (released November 11, 2014) continues its popularity.   
   Lerche's "Sadke Punjab Ton", "Sammi", and "Merea Ranjha" music videos have   
   been viewed by more than 10 million music lovers on YouTube. She is planning   
   to release her fourth solo    
   album in June 2016 highlighting devotional Bhajans sung in Hindi with music   
   that includes traditional Indian intruments fuzed 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. Lerche says, "I strongly feel that my new album is for   
   the heart and soul and it gives you a sense of inner peace."   
      
   View Anita Lerche online at:   
   www.AnitaLerche.com   
   www.facebook.com/AnitaLercheMusic   
   www.twitter.com/AnitaLerche   
   www.youtube.com/AnitaLercheMusic   
   www.soundcloud.com/AnitaLercheMusic   
   www.reverbnation.com/AnitaLerche   
   www.mobileroadie.com/apps/AnitaLerche   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Lerche   
      
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