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Lake Hāwea artist Anna van Riel is an award-winning songwriter with a passion for folk, blues and jazz.With a music career spanning over 20 years, Anna has performed at the world's highest musical festival in Ladakh, across two summers in the Cote d' zur, through earth homes and permaculture farms in North America and through festivals across the East Coast of Australia. She has even performed for Prince Albert of Monaco...twice!
Anna originally hails from Invercargill; where she was inspired by the musical theatre and performing arts scene. She moved to Central Otago in her adolescence where she developed her vintage-folk fusion sound. Anna considers herself a resident of the Deep South and is serial-collaborator across the community. Her vinyl collection reflects inspiration from the greats, such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Lamontagne and Little River Band.
Throughout the year Anna tours her original 80's-inspired one-woman stage show for children called Waste Free Wanda, empowering tamariki how to reduce single-use waste on the planet, while infusing them with actions and 80’s-inspired power anthems that support them to remember simple tools on how to care for our planet.
Trained in vocal mechanics and breathwork, Anna delivers 1:1 coaching from her Hāwea voice studio, and runs both singing & speaking workshops across the South of NZ, supporting speakers and singers to find their true voices. A passionate veggie gardener and homesteader, Anna grows food on the family property where she lives with 3 generations, including her handsome husband and two children.
Often performing with her ukulele band, The Synergy, Anna's compositions weave storytelling with imagery, inviting audiences to journey with her through song. Following a sabbatical in the children's-music sector, Anna is back en force, and sporting a deeper, fuller vocal range and a brand new repertoire. Anna is currently working on her 6th studio album.
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29 Domain Terrace, Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand 8024, New Zealand
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