Anne von Twardowski

Born in South Africa in 1982, Anne-Monika von Twardowski received her first piano lessons in Germany at the age of six. After graduating from high school, she completed a diploma in instrumental education and art between 2002 and 2011, as well as a master's degree as a pianist at the Lübeck University of Music. As part of the Erasmus exchange program, she studied in Barcelona at the Escola Superior de Musica Catalunya in 2005/2006. Master classes at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival complemented her training. From 2008 to 2018 she was the pianist of the Salut Salon quartet, with whom she performed worldwide. For the album “Carnival Fantasy” she received the ECHO Klassik in the “Classic without Borders” category with Salut Salon in 2016. In 2014, together with cellist Sonja Lena Schmid, she initiated the “Rauschen” project, which combines classical chamber music with live electronics in a new club format, and worked with well-known artists in the electronic scene such as the Teichmann brothers. In 2015, Anne-Monika von Twardowski became an honorary Alster lock keeper - an award for Hamburg residents who have served as ambassadors for Hamburg in the world. She worked as a guest lecturer for stage coaching at the Berlin University of Popular Arts.