User:AnnaTanvir

Anna Tanvir is a musician and singer-songwriter of Indian Irish origin. Daughter of Jill MacDonald, singer and writer, and late legendary theatre director Habib Tanvir, Anna was born in Ireland and brought up in the United Kingdom and India. She sang and played instruments from an early age. At 19, Anna went to Dartington College of Arts in Devon to study music and then to The Royal Academy of Music, London, where she qualified with an LRAM hons in 1990. She studied singing and guitar. Anna is self-taught on the celtic harp. She then worked as a studio manager for the BBC World Service for three years.

Anna Tanvir accompanies herself on the Celtic harp, performing all over the world in many different languages, combining a classical technique with a traditional sound. Her repertoire is a mix of her own compositions and traditional melodies.

Anna moved to France in 1992 and began performing there in 1994, in festivals and concert halls all over the country. Anna has collaborated with different musicians over the years, notably Erick Manana, musician from Madagascar and singer-songwriter Reg Meuross from the UK. In 2017 she formed the duo, Indeceltic, with Indian musician Maninder Singh.

Albums

1995 Ballads 1, France, with musician Patrice Arnould 1997 Ballads 2, France, with musician Patrice Arnould 1999 Ballads 3, France, with musician Patrice Arnould 2001 A Bunch of Thyme, France, with Yann Beaujouan 2003 Tana-Dublin, France, with musician Erick Manana 2004 Maty lie Masoandro, Madagascar, with Erick Manana 2020 Leaving Dehradun, with Maninder Singh as Indeceltic

Notable Venues

Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior 2019 “Un Été à Bourges”, France, every year from 1998 – 2014 Gyan Manch, Kolkata, India 2012 Château de Chambord, for Tour de France champions, 2010 Bourges Cathedral,France 2010 Olympia, Paris, guest of Erick Manana 2009 Le « Café de la Danse », Paris 2007 Le « Divan du monde », Paris 2007 Festival « Voix du pays » Fougères, France 2006 Festival d'Été de Harpe Gargilesse, France 2005 & 2007 Festival « Interceltique de Lorient », France 2005 Le « New Morning », Paris 2003, 2004 & 2005 Tour of Alliance Francaise, South India, 2007 Festival of Celtic Harp, Dinan, France 1996,97,98 India International Centre, New Delhi, 1999 Kolkata School of Music, 1999 and 2001 Akshara Theatre New Delhi, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2008 Mumbai National Theatre, 1999 Dalai Lama Sacred Music Festival, Bangalore, India 2000