Anna Katharina Kränzlein
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| Background information | |
| Born | 7 November 1980 |
| Origin | Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany |
| Genres | Medieval folk rock, Folk metal, Classical |
| Instruments | Violin,Viola,hurdy gurdy,recorder, western concert flute, Voice |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
| Labels | Fame recordings, Edel |
| Associated acts | Schandmaul |
| Website | http://www.annakatharina.de/ |
Anna Katharina Kränzlein, also known as Anna Katharina, (born 7 November 1980 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany) is a German violinist. She is most known for her quick and varied technique. She is the youngest founding member of Medieval folk rock/folk metal band Schandmaul.
Kränzlein grew up in Puchheim near Munich and made first musical experiences aged five when she autodidactically learned to play the recorder. Within the next ten years she expanded her repertoire with the western concert flute whereby she won the Bavarian state level awards of Jugend musiziert two times.
At age eight she received her first violin lesson by Simone Burger-Michielsen, who kindled Kränzlein's love for classical music. From age twelve on, she played with the newly founded Puchheim Youth Chamber Orchestra and was concertmaster under Peter Michielsen from 1997 on who also used to be her violin teacher for several years. Concert tours with this orchester led her to Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Japan. Later she played violin and viola with the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra.
She is an eightfold winner of the German national Jugend musiziert prize, for solo violin and ensembles. Aged 14 she also learned to play piano because this is the requirement to study violin at musical schools in Germany. Her teacher was the mother of later Schandmaul guitarist Martin Duckstein.
In the spring of 1998, her band Schandmaul would gather for the first time. Originally the project had only been planned for a single concert but the great request for CDs during their performance in Gröbenzell made them continue the band. Their recordings sold more than 300,000 items. The last album Anderswelt peaked at rank 8 of the German charts and their tours saw sold-out venues in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Benelux states.
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