Photos: Anne Landa performing on the Spanish television channel RTVE2 on ‘Programa de Mano’, a program dedicated to classical music on July 12th, 2011.

Anne Landa (San Sebastian, 1971) trained as an accordionist in the Conservatory Superior of San Sebastian, in 1991 she began her postgraduate studies with J.L. Manca at the Natioanl Conservatory of Grenoble, obtaining in 1993 the title of Medaile d'Or a I' unanimite.

In the same year she created the accordion duo ACCO LAND, based in Rome and specialising in contemporary music, commissioning original pieces for the accordion from such well-known composers as F.Mannino, L. De Pablo, J. Iges, L. Andriessen, F. Donatoni, B. Porena, C. Crivelli, F. Romitelli, M. Pagliarani, Y. Sugiyama, etc. Some of these pieces have been recorded for RAI (Italy), Radio Vaticana, Radio Nacional de Espana and Radio della Svizzera Italiana (Switzerland).

During this period ACCO LAND performed in various events and European festivals of contemporary and clasical music, with notable participation in the Gaudeamus Foundation in Amsterdam, Festival of New Music in Bilbao, Festival di Novurgia in Milan, Festival of music and dance in Granda, Teatro dell' Opera in Rome, OrffZentrum in Munich, Teatro Rossini in Pesaro, Academie Suisse in Paris, and Palazzo delle Esposiziooni in Roma.

In 1997 Anne Landa created the cultural association which bears her name in order to make this instrument and its repertoire more widely known, holding seminars with contributions from musicians such as Kepa Junkera, Stefan Hussong, Luciano Biondini, Jean-Luc Manca and Miguel Ruiz, among others. Anne Landa has recorded for the record lables Musica e Poesia, World Edition and Esperia, as well as numerous collaborations for other Spanish and Italian musicians.

She has worked with symphony orchestras in Roem and Perugia, chamber ensembles such as Ars Ludi and Freon Ensemble, and projects such as Songs of Freedom, Dag nacht dag dag with the violist V. Mendelssohn, film productions, ballets and theatre shows, notably the Centro Dramatico Nacional in 2000.

Contact:
Email: contacto@annelanda.com