Deva Premal and Miten met in India in 1990 and soon began a journey into love and creativity that has taken their inspiring blend of song, mantra and meditation to a worldwide audience. They have released a string of acclaimed CDs with international sales of nearly one million, and their concerts and ecstatic chant workshops are met with rave reviews throughout the world.
With her exquisite and graceful tone, Deva Premal channels the stress-reducing healing power of ancient mantras with crystal clarity. For over 20 years, listeners around the world have turned to the beauty of Deva Premal and her partner Miten’s music to guide them through yoga, meditation and other life-changing transformations.
Their music transcends all the usual musical boundaries, with fans including rock icon Cher, who featured one of Deva’s most popular chants, the Gayatri Mantra, on her Farewell Concert Tour; world renowned author and motivational coach Tony Robbins, and even His Holiness The Dalai Lama who, after hearing Deva & Miten sing for a private audience, exclaimed, "Beautiful music, beautiful…!" Best-selling author Eckhart Tolle notes:
"As you listen to the music of Deva and Miten, the sacred space that lies beyond the mind emerges naturally and effortlessly. Pure magic."
German-born Deva Premal is a classically trained musician who grew up singing mantras as bedtime songs. Miten was born in London and grew up in the 60’s.
As a teenager, Deva moved away from the confines of both her classical music training in voice, violin and piano, and the mantra practice, and began to explore on her own. At age 11, her search brought her to become a disciple of the enlightened mystic Osho, and later, she went to the ashram in India to begin studies in body work.
Miten left everything he had known before, even selling his guitars, and after discovering Osho when a friend gave him a book on Zen, dropped out of his career and into a life as a member of a meditation community. Here he found a new approach to music:
It was in Osho’s ashram that she and Miten met.
By that time, Miten was leading the music for thousands of people attending the evening meditations at the ashram in India, and eventually invited Deva to join. Deva and Miten became planetary gypsies, bringing the ancient healing power of mantra into the 21st century. Their concerts and workshops are more than music – they are invitations to share in a deep moment of meditation.
Tickets for Deva Premal & Miten with Manose at the Keswick Theatre on October 6