Anna Göckel, Violin

Biography

Born in 1992, the French violinist Anna Göckel has already graced the world’s greatest stages, such as the Wigmore Hall in London, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the International Forum of Tokyo, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal. Passionate at a young age about the world of chamber music, at 21 years of age she won the prestigious ARD International Music Competition (Munich) playing in the Trio Karénine. She acquainted herself with string quartet playing during the Seiji Ozawa Academy (IMAS) She has been studying in Paris Conservatory with J-J Kantorow and the Ysaÿe Quartet. She furthered her studies in Netherlands with the Russian violinist Boris Belkin. In 2012 she was fortunate to meet David Grimal, with whom she has been intensively perfecting her art at the Musikhochschule of Saarbrücken. She performed in soloist with the Ensemble les Dissonance, the Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Paris, the Hfm Saar Orchestra, and the Neue Westfalen Philharmonie. Her concerts have been broadcast on France Musique (France), Radio 4 (Holland), BR (Germany), and ORF (Austria). She has been the invited guest of Rolando Villazon in the TV program “Stars von morgen” broadcast by Arte. (11.2014).