Highly talented singer Reena Lorena, based in Dubai, is all set to release her first musical CD this week. All the songs in the album have been composed, tuned and sung by Reena herself which is a rare achievement in Konkani music industry.
Reena hails from Jeppu in Mangaluru. She is the daughter of Richard and Juliet Lorena. She has been in Dubai for the past 11 years and worked in music industry which includes 6 years stint as an audio editor.
The album ‘Mogar Tujea’ has eight songs namely, Pavsa Thembe, Nachonk Tujea Gopanth, Junacho Pavs, Ugdas Tuzo Dosta, Nide Bala, Kalza Udi, Axelim Mogak and Tujinch Hanv.
The album is presented by Pisces Creations Mangaluru. The music has been provided by Thushara Kuruvitage Dubai for six songs and by Sam Thomas Sharjah for two songs.
Arthur Pereira Omzoor has rendered special help for the album.
Joseph Mathias from Merit Freight has given the main support for the CD while James Mendonca of Reliable Fabricators has provided title support.
‘Mogar Tujea’ will be released on Friday, November 24 at 7.30 pm at Winny’s Restaurant Al Karama. There will be a musical evening by various artists from 6.30 to 7.30 pm prior to the release of the album.
Joseph Mathias, James Mendonca, Dayan D’Souza from Daiji Dubai, Lancy Madtha from Integral Freights and Mark Denis D’Souza from Fortuna Engineering will be guests of honour during the CD release programme, Reena Lorena has informed.
Radio Daijiworld and Daijiworld.com are media partners of the music album.
About Reena Lorena
Reena Lorena started her music journey at the age of 8. Her mother found the talent in her and encouraged her to sing in competitions.
Reena took interest in games like volleyball, throw ball, running race and javelin throw other than music during her school days.
She took part in all church inter-parish competitions every year from junior level. She was winning continuously in these competitions held at Don Bosco Hall.
She remembers Konkan Kogull Wilfy Rebimbus, Meena, Veena and Vishwas, who trained her for the inter-parish singing competitions.
Reena was an active member of Jeppu choir for many years and opted to sing alto those days. She was president of ICYM for 2 years from 1997- 98.
She sang nearly for 11 years in Mangaluru for different music bands before she went to Dubai.
Reena is married to Shashi Noronha and has a son named Marcus. The 4-year-old is also a singer.
The songs in the debut album were composed since her teen days and also after marriage. She never sang her own songs as she was nervous to unveil them. But her husband Shashi Noronha encouraged her to sing her own songs. The rest is history.