member profiles

Music is her passion. Angela’s first instrument was the piano, and she later took up classical voice and the acoustic guitar. Early on, she was influenced by the music her family listened to, which included everything from 1950’s R & B to the popular music of the time. Growing up in the Detroit area where Motown music invokes a special pride, Angela was exposed to the great work of artists like Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson.

Since Anita Lerche released her Punjabi album Heer from Denmark in India in November 2006, her career as an international recording artist and star has expanded by leaps and bounds. She is the first non-Asian woman from the West to sing and release a solo album in Punjabi. Billboard Top-5 charting Artist. Anita is a voting member of the Recording Academy.

Ankith Gupta is an Indian musician, composer, and independent artist whose work explores the possibilities of contemporary music through a blend of organic instrumentation, electronic production, ambient textures, and unconventional sonic elements. His musical approach is rooted in atmosphere, emotion, and sonic exploration. Moving across ambient, New Age, and experimental influences, Gupta creates compositions that prioritize immersion and feeling, allowing sound, space, and texture to become as important as traditional musical structure.

Ann Rinaldi owns ACR Management, LLC, which she created to provide management and consulting services for musicians. Since entering the world of artist management in 2015, Ann has been building her client base and network in the music industry. Ann has a diverse background of work, technical, and educational experiences and is a graduate of Cornell University.

Steinway Artist Ann Sweeten’s journey in the performing arts began at the age of 6 in both Music and Ballet in Westfield, NJ. She received a Hammond Organ for Christmas that year after showing interest in keyboards and was soon to master it, though the first year she had to stand to reach the pedals. For her ninth Christmas, she received a Baldwin Piano and soon began intensive study with Russian-born Concert Pianist David Sokoloff. Having written over 100 musical scores to date, Sweeten is also author to all of her albums’ liner notes and is a poet in her own right. In 2008, Steinway and Sons welcomed Sweeten into its prestigious international roster of Steinway Artists, touting her, a true Renaissance woman.