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 is my main band. 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.

Besides ALQ I also lead Anna Lundqvist Lisboa Cinco, a band based in Lisbon, Portugal. I love this place, it’s like a second home and I try to spend as much time there as possible. In September 2023, we’ll release our debut album ‘Sou Anna’. 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.

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 studio 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.