Anna Herbst

The Cologne-born soprano Anna Herbst, laureate of the German National Singing Competition and recipient of a scholarship from the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, is in demand internationally both in concert and on the opera stage.

Her concerts have taken her to the Kölner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Tonhalle Zurich, Philharmonie de Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Singel Antwerpen,
Leidsche Schouwburg, the large broadcasting hall of the WDR, the chamber music hall of the
Deutschlandfunk, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, as well as to international festivals in
France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, BeNeLux and Switzerland.

She has worked with famous conductors such as Thomas Hengelbrock, Péter Eötvös, Paavo Järvi, Andris Nelsons, Pablo Heras-Casado and Dorothee Oberlinger.

Early on during her training and studies with Prof. Kai Wessel, Prof. Henner Leyhe and Prof. Josef Protschka, she discovered her musical home in lieder singing.

Anna loves experimenting and discovering new things. So in 2020 (in the middle of the first Corona Lockdown) she had the idea to bring people together for a German-Chinese song recital that was broadcast live on Deutschlandfunk worldwide.

Numerous radio, television and CD productions document her artistic work. Current projects include world premieres in France and Switzerland and concerts with the Hamburger Ratsmusik, Barockwerk Hamburg, the Kölner Akademie, at the Bachfest Leipzig, Barockfestival Bad Arolsen, Schlossfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Tage Alter Musik Herne and at the Forum Alte Musik in WDR3.