Anna Phoebe is a Germany- and United Kingdom-based violinist, composer and broadcaster, born in 1981. She works across solo and collaborative projects in prog and violin-led music, and is also a Board Director at the Ivors Academy.

Music and collaborations

Anna Phoebe’s work spans cross-genre composition and performance. Her instrumental duo AVAWAVES is part of her output, alongside her solo work and other collaborations. AVAWAVES is signed to One Little Independent Records and releases its second album Chrysalis. The duo also scores the feature documentary Savage Waters, directed by Mikey Corker.

She co-founds Cantium Arts with artist and producer Richard Bundy. The project is developed with Dover Arts Development and Arts Council England, and includes a performance and installation at a former prison and refugee detention centre in Dover. It also moves towards a full-length album recorded in heritage sites across Dover.

Composition for screen and commission work

As a composer, Anna Phoebe receives commissions from the European Space Agency, writing music based on Earth Observation data connected to the climate crisis. She also composes for the University of Kent in association with Cancer Research UK, creating a choral-orchestral work inspired by cancer and dementia research.

Her screen work includes the score and production for Almost Invisible Angels with Sam Lee, in collaboration with Jay Griffiths and Writers Rebel, and narrated by Mark Rylance. Other credits include Belittled, for which she wins Best Composer at the BAFTA-affiliated Underwire Film Festival, and Harriet and the Matches, for which she receives a Best Composer nomination. She also composes for Ethel, the Audible audiobook series The Effect, and the BBC Radio 4 drama Barred.

Albums and broadcasting

Her album Sea Souls draws on the natural world and explores the relationship between the sea and the inner psyche. It receives radio support from Scala Radio, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6 Music, Soho Radio, BBC Radio London and KEXP.

She presents the monthly Soho Radio show Between Sea & Sky.

Other work and collaborations

Anna Phoebe co-writes with Nitin Sawhney CBE on his album Immigrants, and records with Jools Holland for his solo album Pianola: Piano and Friends. She also appears in Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s book Ladies Who Punch.

Associated acts

She is associated with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Jethro Tull, AVAWAVES and Autonomy.