Katarzyna Łaska
| Kasia Łaska | |
|---|---|
 Kasia Łaska during Jon Lord Concerto for Group and Orchestra in Warsaw - 10th of November 2010. | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
26 May 1979 Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Website | www.kasialaska.com |
Katarzyna Łaska, also known as Kasia Łaska (born 26 May 1979 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland) is a Polish singer well known from the Musical Theatre Roma where she starred in the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, adult Wendy in the musical Peter Pan and Frenchy in the musical Grease. She also played Maria in the musical West Side Story at the Musical Theatre Capitol in Wroclaw.
Kasia has also lent her voice to the Polish versions of several animated films The Little Mermaid, Return to Never Land, Brother Bear, The Jungle Book 2 and Enchanted to name but a few.
Among her TV show roles are Daring Do and Princess Cadance in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and Katie in Total Drama Island.
Kasia is the Polish language singing voice of Elsa, the Snow Queen performing Let it go in Disney movie Frozen.
Concerto for Group and Orchestra
In 2008 Kasia met Jon Lord (Deep Purple) and he asked her to sing as a soloist in his Concerto for Group and Orchestra project for the next 4 years. They were in the most beautiful concert halls all over the world. They performed together in Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Brazil, Korea, UK, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Hungry, Italy, France, and her home city Warsaw.[1]
In 2011 was a UK premiere of Jon Lord Live (recorded live in 2009) from Concerto for Group and Orchestra concert in Romania where Kasia was a guest.
Jon invited Kasia to sing for him on his last album of Concerto for Group and Orchestra (new studio version) from Abbey Road Studios. She sung next to Steve Balsamo, Joe Bonamassa, Darin Vasilev, Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Steve Morse (Deep Purple) and Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd). A world premiere of this album was in September 2012.
In November 2013 Kasia released the first single "For my love" from her solo music project SIRLI.
References
- ↑ Izabela Szymańska, Legendarny klawiszowiec Deep Purple Jon Lord wystąpi w środę w Warszawie z "Concerto for Group and Orchestra". Towarzyszy mu polska wokalistka Kasia Łaska. Gazeta.pl, 09.11.2010.
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