Anna Göckel JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonates et Partitas pour Violon Seul

Born in Marseille, 22 year old violinist Anna Göckel began her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris at age 14, where she was taught by Jean-Jacques Kantorow and Svetlin Roussev. Having earned numerous awards and accolades, Anna appears regularly as soloist and chamber musician in such iconic halls as the Cité de la Musique, Salle Pleyel and Théâtre des Champs-Élysees in Paris, Victoria Hall in Geneva, and Wigmore Hall in London, and has performed as soloist with the Ensemble Parisien, Musique en Seine Orchestra, and the Neue Philhamornie Westfalen.

In 2009, she founded the Trio Karénine together with Louis Rodde and pianist Paloma Kouider and, after having won a string of internationally renowned competitions for chamber music, was most recently was awarded the top prize at the ARD Munich International Music Competition in 2013. The trio has already won praise and support from major chamber music artists, including members of the Ysaÿe Quartet and Menahem Pressler.

Anna is currently enrolled in David Grimal's Solistenklasse at the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken. She enjoys spelunking in the calanques back at home, discovering new approaches in cooking tofu, and frolicking in pouring rain.