NRW (D)2022 / Stefan Pieper
"As an encore, Anna Lang once again pulls out all the technical stops when she sings a euphoric improvisatio in a high thumb position."
Imst (A)2022 / (tamt)”..... Lang's cello artistry produces some sounds that Johann Sebastian Bach would never have dared to dream of.... Anna Lang's cello - a pure delight.”
Born in Salzburg, Anna Lang grew up in a family of artists in Altmünster am Traunsee. She began her music studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg at the age of 15 and is a graduate of the Mozarteum University in Salzburg (piano), the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (cello) and the A. Bruckner Private University (jazz cello with distinction). Her most important musical companion is Professor Tobias Kühne on the cello.
Anna Lang's artistic activities include performances as a soloist or bandleader on internationally renowned stages and festivals as well as radio recordings on Ö1, Bremen2 or WDR. In numerous formations and projects such as the solo program Colours Of Drama, the Beyond Classic Projects, the percussion-cello duo with Judith Schwarz and the award-winning duo Sinfonia de Carnaval with Alois Eberl, Anna Lang is not only a versatile cellist but also a conductor and composer.
With the duo Sinfonia De Carnaval, Anna Lang and Alois Eberl were nominated for the BAWAG P.S.K. Next Generation Award 2015, selected as one of the best five bands in the jazz category by the Austrian Federal Ministry for the “New Austrian Sound Of Music Program 2018/19” and one of seven bands from all contemporary genres to receive the top funding from the Austrian Federal Chancellery, the international springboard FOCUS ACTS 2019. In April 2024, Anna Lang performed with the Sinfonia de Carnaval duo as Austria's contribution to the European Showcases at jazzahead! Bremen performed.
The second album, “Sweeping Dragon”, was released by Preiser Records Vienna. In 2025, the third album - “Human Faces” - will be released on the Neuklang label of the renowned Bauer Studios Ludwigsburg.
Anna Lang has performed at international festivals in Austria, Switzerland, England, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Croatia, France, Italy, Israel, Palestine, Estonia, Turkey and Germany.
Anna plays on a modern cello built in 2020 by Wiltrud Fauler.
Pic by Maria Frodl 2024
