Rietta Austin
"Rietta IS music...she lives and breathes it...Truly a voice that needs to be heard." - Kirk Pengilly, INXS
Rietta recently opened The O2 in London and performed at this year’s Glastonbury Festival with Dame Shirley Bassey. Rietta has also worked with artists including INXS, Diesel, Elizabeth McGovern, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), Jon Stevens, Deni Hines, Virgil Donati, John Rowles, The Jordanairs & DJ Fontana. The current voice for Virgin Soft Radio, her debut album “Cut Me Loose” is soon to be released in the UK and her debut single for Hedkandi is about to be released worldwide. She has been seen across the world, from performances at Ronnie Scott’s in London and on the same bill as Bryan Adams at a concert in England in 2006, in Russia opening for Johnny Gill and support act for Joe Cocker, to a headline slot in her homeland of NZ at an internationally televised performance in front of a live audience of 30,000 people, before Dame Kiri Te Kanawa took over the new dawn celebrations. Musical theatre credits include Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar.