Andrea Lafert
Los Angeles, California, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2015 | INDIE
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Press
"Bodas USA" Magazine's Interview featured Andrea as a Singer-Songwriter-Celebrity - Bodas Usa
Discography
Album "Novena Conciencia"
I Upcoming Album n English and 2 singles and Spanish
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Bio
Argentinean Artist first built her reputation from an early age in Latin pop rock on the buzzing live event and theater scene with frequent T.V. and radio appearances. Her touching voice conveys the emotions of the storytelling lyrics of her original songs. Following her first commercial Spanish-language release of “Novena Conciencia” (“Ninth Consciousness”), the singer-composer emerged into one of the most inspiring and deeply moving performers around the L.A. scene upon her arrival in the United States. The album is named after the concept of cause and effect at the heart of Buddhism and coincides with the age when she launched her musical career. Nominated Singer of the Year by the city of Cordoba, Andrea decided to enroll in law school at the University of Cordoba in Argentina, though her goal of becoming a lawyer began competing with a new dream of pursuing a musical career in the United States.
Thus the move to Hollywood became a reality two years later as she took the stage to play and sing in the role of the Virgin Mary in the traditional Christmas Pastorella play at the Ricardo Montaban Theater. The emotions of a new musical journey and the transition to the States would give birth to the song “Memorias de Suitcase” (“Memories of a Suitcase”).
Residing in Los Angeles, she performed live in front for an audience of 8,000 at the Palladium (Hollywood) as a part of the comedy cast for “El Show de Don Francisco: Sabado Gigante," the most popular Latin variety show on Univision. She has appeared as a model/actress in several T.V. shows and feature films, continues her voice-over projects and advertising, and has performed as a vocalist with different bands in L.A.
Andrea is a prolific songwriter with broad experience in front of large audiences. She is fluent in Spanish and English, composing and singing in both languages
She produced her debut commercial album," Novena Conciencia" with her 10 original compositions. Since then, she has been Featured Artist of the Month for 7 consecutive months at Latin Music Artist with one of her songs
In the 2008 issue of the "Bodas Usa", the popular spanish magazine, Andrea was featured as a singer-songwriter-celebrity on a full 4 pages interview.
She has worked as a model for Univision within the fashion segment of the “Noticias 34" newscast and on the show 'Al Mediodia" for Telemundo with an Oscar Awards prelude segment. In 2009, she won two Excellence Awards in Compositions and Performance at the international songwriting FestiVegas competition, U.S. Edition, with her original songs,"Quisiera," and “Lo Que Importa Es Tu Corazón".
In 2009 Andrea was cast to be the voice of the female narrator on the Documentary/Film "Traveler for Peace," Spanish version " Viajero Por la Paz", based on the novel, "The New Human Revolution," written by Daisaku Ikeda.
In 2009, Andrea was featured in the Summer issue of Glitter Magazine, International Edition, with an interview on "Life & Style."
She continues performing live around different venues in Los Angeles and composing.
In May 2011, Andrea was listed in the Latin American Who's Who 2011 Edition for her outstanding achievements as an artist and her continued support to the Latin -American community in the United States. One of her recent projects included work with legendary writer/composer, Lan O' kun, five-time Emmy Award winner and composer for Barbara Streisand.
2012 Andrea made her new band and has played at the most popular venues/clubs in La including The House of Blues on Sunset strip.in Hollywood with huge success.
2013 Andrea is currently working on new material;
2013 Andrea was nominated Best Female Pop Singer of The year by premios Fox Music USA 2014 (Latin Music Award)
On April 2014 Andrea won the latin Music Award for Best Female Pop Singer of the year Fox Music USA 2014. Houston, Texas
some of her influences:
Elle Fitzerald, Rolling Stones, Ellis Regina, Carlos Jobin, Aretha Franklin, Phil Collins, Paty lebelle,Nathaly Cole, Carole King, Freddy Mercury,Queen, Charly Garcia, Steve Wonder;Sting, John Lenon, Coldplay, U2.
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