Anna Mann is a 24-year-old violist from Pennsylvania. Her playing has been described as “…bright with the ability to overcome the upper register of the viola…” (Boston Globe). An avid orchestral musician, Anna spent recent summers at the Pacific Music Center, Shostakovich Festival Leipzig, Tanglewood Music Center, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival. She’s served as principal violist of the NEC Philharmonia and Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, and has played with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. Anna received her Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and Master of Music from the Shepherd School at Rice University. In 2027 she will begin further studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig.