BIO
Anna Möller is a multifaceted musician and violinist at the forefront of today's innovative and contemporary folk scene. She is a diligent explorer of music from different parts of the world and is especially interested in the musical tools that become useful in the borderland of different cultures folk music. As tradition is a concept of moving and traditional music always has interpreted its own time, Anna freely moves over genres and boundaries with the ambition of creating contemporary folk music that dare to be both fragile, honest, rebellious and relevant.
Anna constantly appears in new projects and konstellations which includes both theatre, performance, composing and live concerts. She is a part of some of the more prominent acts on the Scandinavian folk scene, such as Ebo Krdum, Ale Möller, Sara Parkman, Västanå Teater and the four piece family band Kolonien.
Anna grew up with the traditional music embedded in the family. Through her childhood she got to meet great musicians that made a strong impact on her and she started playing violin and the electric guitar at an early age. As a teenager she discovered Ethno- a worldwide organisation with music camps for young musicians from all over the world. She got to experience the activist potential of music as a tool for social change, a perspective that follows all her work. Anna has later been an artistic leader at several Ethno camps such as India (2016), Croatia (2017) and Chile (2017, 2019).
Music collage Södra Latin and the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, with studies for well-known players as Ellika Frisell and Sven Ahlbäck, has deepened her knowledge on traditional music. Also momentous travels and musical meetings abroad has been an important part of defining her artistic interest and identity. In 2015 she got the opportunity to study for the great riti player Djibril Bah in Senegal in West Africa, a forever memorable experience that still inspire her way of playing. Anna is now touring worldwide and she is currently working on composing music for her first solo album. She is also part of the Swedish Grammy-winning record label Supertraditional, within which she in 2021 produced the multiple priced Ebo Krdum album debut ’Diversity’.
CV
Education
2011 – 2015
Artistic Bachelor's degree, Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm (”Nordic folk music”)
2007 – 2010
Senior high school, Södra Latins gymnasium (”Music, classical violin”)
Jan – June 2016, Jan – June 2017
Extension course for professional musicians, Stensunds Folkhögskola with Ale Möller.
Selected work
Freelance (full time) ° 2015 →
After completed studies at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, Anna has been freelancing with many different bands and projects. Please see further down or click “Projects” from the menu for a selection.
Västanå Teater, Sunne ° Apr - Aug 2017
Theatre musician in Västanå Teater´s play “Charlotte Löwensköld” (Selma Lagerlöf). Director: Leif Stinnerbom. Conductor: Sophia Stinnerbom.
ZebraDans, Stockholm ° Selected dates 2017, 2018
Musician in the dance performance “Våga vara”. Production: ZebraDans.
Västanå Teater, Sunne ° Oct - Nov 2018
Theatre musician in Västanå Teater´s play “Bortbytingen” (Selma Lagerlöf). Director: Leif Stinnerbom. Conductor: Sophia Stinnerbom.
Re:Orient, Stockholm ° 2019 →
Musician and actor in the musical children's theatre “Historien om en sång”. Director: Johanna Huss. Production: Re:Orient
Västanå Teater, Sunne ° May - Sept 2019
Theatre musician in Västanå Teater´s play “Eddan” (Jon Fosse). Director: Leif Stinnerbom. Conductor: Sophia Stinnerbom.
“På gatan där jag bor” ° Sept - Nov 2019
A transglobal musical performance with five musicians from Sweden, India and Senegal. Manuscript and director: Anna Möller
“Stigar och andra vägar”, ZebraDans
Jan - Feb 2020 —>
A music and dance performance with dancer Linnéa Sundling and musician Mischa Grind. Music: Anna Möller
Producent
In 2021 Anna made her first album in the roll of album producer. The album ’Diversity’ is a collaboration with Ebo Krdum and Supertraditional and got awarded at both Manifestgalan and Grammisgalan.
Ethno
Artistic leader and pedagog within world music organisation Ethno World/Jeunesses Musicales.
2016: Ethno India (Indien)
2017: ChilEtno (Chile)
2018: Ethno Croatia (Kroatien)
2019: ChilEtno (Chile)
Grants and awards
Best Young Folk Act of the Year (2010) With the group Abra Makabra.
Best Young Folk Act of the Year (2011) With the group Kolonien.
Vaxholms stads kulturstipendium (2013)
Newcomer of the Year, Swedish Folk- and World Music Awards (2013) With the group Kolonien, for the debut album ”Clockwise”.
MFS Studies (2013/2014) Through The Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency “Sida”. Field studies of traditional music and a traditional musicians role in society.
Group of the Year, Swedish Folk- and World Music Awards (2015) Nominated with the group ”Världens Band”.
KMH:s lokala stipendium (2015) Local scholarship at The Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm.
Group of the Year, Swedish Folk- and World Music Awards (2016) Nominated with the band ”Världens Band”.
Konstnärsnämnden (2017, 2018, 2019) Internationellt kulturutbyte/Resebidrag/Projektstöd
Konstnärsnämnden (2020)
Arbetsstipendium/Krisstipendium 1, 2
Manifestpris, Årets Rytm (2021)
Albumproducent ’Diversity’, Ebo Krdum
Grammis, Årets Folkmusik (2021)
Albumproducent ’Diversity’, Ebo Krdum
Discography
Clockwise, Kolonien (Nataraj Records, 2012)
Sammanhang, Kolonien (Nataraj Records, 2013)
Transglobal roots fusion, Världens Band (Nataraj Records, 2014)
Flädermoln, Flädermoln (Krumelur Records, 2015)
Drömmarnas land, Kolonien (Nataraj Records, 2015)
Dadjalo, Världens Band (Nataraj Records, 2018)
Hejdå världen, Flädermoln (Krumelur Records, 2019)
Diversity, Ebo Krdum (Supertraditional, 2021)
Till Skogen, Kolonien (Cumbancha, 2022)
Medverkar på
Svartskhalling, Yakumbé feat. Sara Parkman and Anna Möller (2019)
Kasta loss, Olle Linder (Fantasifoster, 2019)
Aurora, Minuk (Minuk, 2020)
Eros Agape Philia, Sara Parkman (Supertraditional, 2022)