Laetitia

What Laetitia does

LAETITIA is a Christian songwriter band (Liedermacher-Band) founded in October 1981 at the Diocesan Altar Server Day in Mainz, Germany. The band operates from Obertshausen near Frankfurt am Main and consists of six core members (Uwe Zahn on piano and vocals, Brigitte Zahn on bass and vocals, Uli Griesenbruch on drums, Regina Lubezük on vocals, Dominic Mann on keyboards/saxophone/vocals, and Ulrich Picard on piano and vocals) supported by an extended circle of collaborators. Its product is original German-language religious music spanning sacro-pop, modern gospel, and Neue Geistliche Lieder (new spiritual songs), delivered through five published CDs (Unterwegs 1997, AFaCarMa 2000, Venimus 2005, Sternsinger 2007, and Das Vaterunser 2023), live concert programs including an interactive "Miteinander – Musik in Farbe" format featuring live painting, and downloadable sheet music and audio/video samples. The repertoire is built around core composer Uwe Zahn and themes tied to Catholic liturgy, prayer, adoption, and children's charity work.

The band's commercial activity rests on two revenue streams: direct-to-consumer CD sales (priced at €8 for older releases and €15 for Das Vaterunser) via the Rigma Musikverlag online shop at rigma-shop.de and direct email orders, plus concert performance fees from bookings at Catholic churches, youth days, Kirchentage, Katholikentage, and community festivals across Germany. Distribution is single-country/domestic (Germany), with marketing executed through the laetitia.de website, a YouTube channel, and a Facebook fan community. The go-to-market is event-driven, with concert appearances serving simultaneously as performance revenue, brand-building, and merchandising funnel.

LAETITIA is a privately held operation with no institutional investors, no funding rounds, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. It functions as a small ministry-oriented music enterprise rather than a venture-backed or scale-oriented business, evidenced by the absence of formal revenue disclosures, the part-time/hobbyist character of the extended performer circle, and the 16-year gap between its 2007 and 2023 studio albums. Customer relationships are concentrated in the German Catholic and ecumenical church community, with collaborative relationships with charitable organizations such as AFaCarMa and the Sternsinger of Obertshausen, and a 2006 win of the nationwide Kindermissionswerk "Die Sternsinger" song competition as a notable credential.

Name

Laetitia

Legal name

LAETITIA, die christliche Liedermacherband

Website

https://laetitia.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

LAETITIA is a privately held Christian songwriter band founded in 1981 and based in Obertshausen, Germany, producing original German-language religious music. It sells CDs (€8–€15) via Rigma Musikverlag and performs at Catholic churches, youth events, and church conventions across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Christian Music

NAICS

Musical Groups and Artists (711130)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB)

Keywords

• Christian music performance
• Sacred pop music
• Live church concerts
• Spiritual song recording
• Concert with live painting

Headquarters

HQ city

Obertshausen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. CD Sales: Sale of CDs including 'Das Vaterunser' (15€), 'Sternsinger', 'Venimus', 'AFaCarMa', and 'Unterwegs'. Sales through Rigma Shop online store.
2. Concert Performance Fees: The band performs at churches, youth events, and church conventions. Revenue from concert performances and services at religious events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Laetitia is a German Christian songwriter band founded in 1981 in Mainz and based in Obertshausen, performing sacro-pop, modern gospel, and new spiritual songs in German. The band's core offering is live concert performances at churches, youth events, and church conventions, including an interactive program combining music with live painting. In addition, Laetitia sells recordings through five released CDs containing their original Christian songs.

Product overview

Laetitia is a Christian songwriter band (Liedermacher-Band) offering a portfolio of music albums and live concert programs. The product portfolio consists of five published CDs (Das Vaterunser - Beim Wort genommen, Sternsinger, Venimus, AFaCarMa, and Unterwegs) spanning 1997-2023, covering original songs, spiritual music, and thematic albums for church occasions. The band also provides two main concert programs ('Das Vaterunser - Beim Wort genommen' and 'Miteinander' with variants including live painting performances), audio/video demos, and sheet music. Music is distributed primarily through the rigma Musikverlag online shop, with CDs priced at 8-15 EUR.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Das Vaterunser (CD)
• Sternsinger (CD)
• Venimus (CD)
• AFaCarMa (CD)
• Unterwegs (CD)
• Live concert performance
• Miteinander - Musik in Farbe concert with live painting

Quantifiable outcome

• Won nationwide song competition by Kindermissionswerk 'Die Sternsinger' in 2006

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Förderkreis Adoption im Cartasverband Mainz (AFaCarMa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint production of the CD 'Alle meine Kinder' (2000) with AFaCarMa. The songs address themes related to adoption: adopted persons searching for their roots, experiences and feelings in adoption mediation. The partnership produced meaningful music supporting the adoption community.
• Sternsinger der Pfarreien St. Thomas Morus und Herz-Jesu ObertshausencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with local star singers on the CD 'Damit Kinder leben können' (2007). The partnership won the nationwide song competition of Kindermissionswerk 'Die Sternsinger' in 2006 with the title song.
• Rigma MusikverlagcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRigma Musikverlag handles the distribution of LAETITIA's publications through their online shop at https://www.rigma-shop.de/Shop/. They manage the commercial distribution of all LAETITIA CDs.
• Atelier Blue-Art (Anita Jäger)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist Anita Jäger created all watercolors for LAETITIA's CD covers. Together they regularly perform the concert series 'Miteinander: Musik in Farbe' featuring live painting during performances.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pater Ephrem Bucher: Austrian Benedictine monk and German-language Christian songwriter. Comparable as a German-speaking sacred music songwriter with a parallel audience in Catholic parishes and church events.
• Christoph Zehendner: German Christian songwriter and performer with a long-running catalog of songs used in German Protestant and ecumenical worship. Comparable in offering (original Christian songs for German church audiences) and live-event presence.
• Siegfried Fietz: Long-established German Christian Liedermacher and composer with a comparable catalog of original German-language songs used in worship and church events. Directly comparable in offering (original Christian songs for German church audiences) and target market.
• Clemens Bitz: German Christian songwriter (Liedermacher) producing German-language worship and youth songs. Directly comparable as a small German Christian music act serving Catholic and ecumenical audiences.
• Martin Buchholz: German Liedermacher and songwriter with roots in the German Christian and Liedermacher scene. Comparable in format (singer-songwriter performing at festivals and church events) and German-language audience.
• Albert Frey: German Liedermacher active in Protestant and ecumenical Christian music scenes, performing at Kirchentag and similar events. Closely comparable in format (solo/band songwriter performing at church conventions) and audience.

Broad incumbents

• SCM (Stiftung Christliche Medien): Major German Christian media house encompassing music, books, and distribution. Operates broadly in the same German Christian content space as LAETITIA but as a portfolio platform rather than a single performing act.
• Gerth Medien: German Christian music publisher and label, part of SCM. Operates at scale across the same German Christian music market as LAETITIA but serves as a publisher/label platform for many artists rather than as a single performing group.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCTqlx_BC3QRMjrg5E2dPdkA
• Facebookfacebook.com/LaetitiaFanClub
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/laetitia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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