About me
Saxophone player Anna Keller, born in Rosenheim (Germany) in 1991, is a working musician who lives in Graz (Austria).
Next to performing with many different formations and bands in Graz, she leads her own project “Annamerika Quintet” and in cooperation with other musicians the “Grazias Saxophone and Flute Quintet”. For these two groups she composes and arranges music and has had concerts in Austria, Germany and Croatia.
Anna Keller regularly performs with several Big Bands from Styria, among which the Graz Composer’s Orchestra, the Kug Jazz Orchestra, the Reinhard Summerer Big Band and the Jazz Orchester Steiermark.
She has been a member of Eddie Luis’ Swing Band “Gnadenlosen XL” since 2017, with which she plays many concerts.
Anna studied with Prof. Karlheinz Miklin and Prof. Heinrich von Kalnein at the Jazz institute of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, where she finished her Bachelor’s degree in 2016 and her Master’s degree in 2019.
During the time of her studies she has already shared the stage with many prestigious artists, among which Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, Robben Ford, Bobby Shew and Hayden Chisholm and worked in Big Bands lead by Ed Partyka, Michael Abene and Ed Neumeister.
In 2018, her band “Annamerika Quintet” released their debut album “Music from this world” with the Swiss label “Unit Records” and currently she is producing a live studio album and video recording with the “Grazias Saxophone and Flute Quintet”.
Other than different saxophones, she also plays the clarinet and the flute and works as an instrumental teacher for these instrumens at a music school in Styria.
Next to performing with many different formations and bands in Graz, she leads her own project “Annamerika Quintet” and in cooperation with other musicians the “Grazias Saxophone and Flute Quintet”. For these two groups she composes and arranges music and has had concerts in Austria, Germany and Croatia.
Anna Keller regularly performs with several Big Bands from Styria, among which the Graz Composer’s Orchestra, the Kug Jazz Orchestra, the Reinhard Summerer Big Band and the Jazz Orchester Steiermark.
She has been a member of Eddie Luis’ Swing Band “Gnadenlosen XL” since 2017, with which she plays many concerts.
Anna studied with Prof. Karlheinz Miklin and Prof. Heinrich von Kalnein at the Jazz institute of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, where she finished her Bachelor’s degree in 2016 and her Master’s degree in 2019.
During the time of her studies she has already shared the stage with many prestigious artists, among which Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, Robben Ford, Bobby Shew and Hayden Chisholm and worked in Big Bands lead by Ed Partyka, Michael Abene and Ed Neumeister.
In 2018, her band “Annamerika Quintet” released their debut album “Music from this world” with the Swiss label “Unit Records” and currently she is producing a live studio album and video recording with the “Grazias Saxophone and Flute Quintet”.
Other than different saxophones, she also plays the clarinet and the flute and works as an instrumental teacher for these instrumens at a music school in Styria.