HARJEET

  
Harjeet Cheema was born on 11 January 1979 in Sangrur(Punjab).Soon after the family moved to a village called Dhenthal near Patiala where he resided with his two brothers and parents.He developed a taste for rich music by listening to legends like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,Mohd.Rafi,Kishore,Asha Bhonsle and Wadali brothers.Harjeet started performing at the young age of 12.  

After completing his schooling in Yadvindra Public School Patiala in 1998,Harjeet decided to venture out of India to Australia to complete further studies,where he began to explore his lifelong passion for music and singing,continuing his classical vocal training with his older brother, Charanjit Cheema.Simultaneously he started learning Western music from Marion Rowes.  
 

Whilst in Australia he won several singing competitions and began to create his own unique style, which got noticed and Harjeet got selected to represent Australia in Zee TV’s World Antakhshari. It was at this point Harjeet saw the potential of creating his own music and began to look at singing as a career. 

Other achievements whilst in Australia includes winning a Modeling Competition resulting in him becoming Mr.Oz India in Year 2001, the same year he was also named The Indian Youth of the Year. 

He is passionate about heath and fitness and is also known to his friends as a ‘gym junkie’. The love for sports goes back to the schooling days where he became the Best Athlete in School and also an All India Inter Public School Champion in Javelin Throw.  
 

Harjeet’s debut album ’Pyar Pyar’   released by Nupur Audio is an amalgamation of moods and styles creating themes that appeal to everday life.The Album’s music is given by Narinder Singh and the video done by none other than Colosus.It was recorded in Australia and the video was shot in Mumbai,India. The album itself is fusion of Indian and Western sounds which makes each song unique.

Harjeet’s artistic ambition is to give to the listeners meaningful music and bring back to the music Industry an era analogous to the one in 70’s and 80’s and melodies with an essence of dedication and creativity.

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