Hi! I’m Anna, a jazz vocalist and composer from Sweden. I graduated from the musicians program at Skurup Folkhögskola in 2000 and I have worked professionally as a freelancer ever since. I also produce and arrange music, for my own projects and others.

Anna Lundqvist Quintet has been my main band since 2005, based on the west coast. Together with ALQ I’ve released five albums; 2009 ‘Borderline fiesta’, 2010 ‘City’, and 2012 ‘Before you I was almost fine’. In April 2015 we had our 10 year anniversary with the album ‘TEN’ and in 2017 we released our fifth album ‘MEWE’ (Prophone/NAXOS) – a huge success world wide and on top of that ‘MEWE’ and ALQ got nominated for “Jazz of The Year 2018” at the prestigious Manifestgalan in Stockholm. I also have a duo together with pianist Jonas André, and together we released our debut album ‘Reunion’ in May 2020. The duo is based in Stockholm.

Besides ALQ I lead the quintet Anna Lundqvist Lisboa Cinco, a band based in Lisbon, Portugal. In September 2023, we released our debut album ‘Sou Anna’. I love Lisbon and Portugal, it’s like a second home and I try to spend as much time there as possible. In Lisbon, I also play in the duo Anna e Nuno, together with the legendary guitarist Nuno Ferreira.

I live in Stockholm, where I was born, but I grew up in a small town called Mellerud, on the western side of Sweden. Alongside my career, I work part time as an artistic director at Vänersborg Jazz Academy, as a coordinator at Yardhouse Studio (Stockholm) and as a freelancer in temporary musical projects. I also do freelance assignments, teaching vocal techniques, jazz/improvisation, ensemble and composing, both in Sweden and abroad at universities and other organisations/schools.