Bollywood Icon Asha Bhosle Brings 75 Years of Music to Walt Disney Concert Hall

Bollywood star Asha Bhosle debuts at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles Sunday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m., for a one-night-only performance that covers the legacy of a passionate, prolific, and versatile singer. Amit Kumar joins Bhosle to help honor her musical journey with songs from her latest release: 75 Years of Asha: A Musical Journey.

Bollywood, the world’s largest film industry, has given birth to an equally popular genre of music. Bhosle is an integral part of this musical history and considered the most recorded female voices in the world. As a playback singer for more than 50 years, Bhosle’s vocals have been lip-synched by hundreds of Indian film actresses during her career. Speaking on her life in music, she says, “Music is like my breathing. The day it stops, my breath will stop too.” This concert is one of the many treasures in the LA PHIL’s World Music series, which concludes its 2007/08 season May 3 with the Kronos Quartet featuring Nunavut and special guest Tanya Tagaq.

Among the long list of great singers Bhosle has worked with, Kishore Kumar was one of the very best. Although he has since passed, his son, Amit (who has become a legend in his own right), was the ideal choice to unite with Bhosle for this program. Deciding to follow in his father’s footsteps at an early age, Amit Kumar has become a huge sensation as an actor and leading playback singer. While he did not train in Indian classical music, he did use his father’s films and stage work as a learning palette for his own successful career as an innovative singer and composer.

Source: LA Phil.

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