Shorter Bio (150 words)
Described as “suggestive, elegant” and “hauntingly beautiful,” Anna’s music explores tactile encounters with the world, while extending into memory, history, and landscape. Her works have been performed across Canada and internationally, including in the U.K., China, Mexico, Italy, and Russia. In 2021, her piano work Harbour, recorded by Cheryl Duvall, received a JUNO nomination for Classical Composition of the Year.
Anna’s compositions span chamber, orchestral, operatic, and interdisciplinary forms, often shaped through collaboration. Recent 2025 projects include the premiere of Saltwater, a string orchestra piece for the Victoria Symphony, and Cells of Wind, a graphically notated chamber opera created with poet and translator Oana Avasilichioaei and experimental opera collective FAWN. Residencies have taken her from Montreal to Iceland, deepening her ongoing practice exploring the idea of embodiment within nature.
Anna is co-founder and pianist-composer of the improvising collective Soft Time, and teaches from her studio in downtown Victoria. Her scores are available through the Canadian Music Centre, where she is an associate composer.