Dutch soprano Anne Grimm studied violin and voice at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam furthering her vocal studies in London and in the US through the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival. Since then she has been held in high regard for her work in opera, concert and recital throughout Europe, North America as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
In a career spanning 30 years, Anne has toured extensively with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (Ambronay, Salzburg Festival) as well as with the Amsterdamse Bachsolisten under Roy Goodman and The Netherlands Bachvereniging. Anne has also appeared with conductors such as Christophe Rousset, Massimo Zanetti, Christian Zacharias and Gennady Rozhdestvensky in the Concertgebouw as well as at European festivals including the Halle Handel Festspiele and Potsdam Festival Sanssouci. Other highlights have included touring to Poland and Italy with Frans Bruggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century as well as singing with the Netherlands Opera, Nationale Reis Opera and at the Holland Festival.
Other engagements have included singing at the Tanglewood Festival, with the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa under Pinchas Zuckerman, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, with Toronto’s Tafelmusik, Toronto Masque Theater, Symphony Nova Scotia, Winnipeg Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Pacific Opera Victoria, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem and with Apollo’s Fire in Cleveland as well as at the Ojai Festival in California.
Also recognized for her performances of contemporary music, Ms. Grimm has toured with Aventa Ensemble to Calgary, Montreal and New York City performing works of Saariaho and Gonneville as well as opening the Adelaide Festival in Australia as Marilyn Monroe in Gavin Bryars’ chamber opera, Marilyn Forever. Other performances have included Christopher Butterfield’s Contes pour enfants pas sage with Continuum in Toronto as well as performing music of Gavin Bryars with the composer for the Victoria Symphony. Most recently she performed the role of Barate in Rudolf Komorous’ Dada inspired Chamber Opera The Mute Canary with Turning Point ensemble of Vancouver touring to Prague and Ostrava in the Czech Republic.
Anne has recorded extensively for Erato, NM Classics, Vanguard Classics, Troubadisc, Sony Classics and Harmonia Mundi France and is heard on CBC Radio, ZDF, RAI, Radio France and VARA in the Netherlands.
As a teacher Anne is passionate about helping emerging singers find the balance between text, storytelling and engaging with their energy of breath, a process that continues to intrigue and motivate her. Next to teaching at Opera Nuova in Edmonton, Anne has also presented masterclasses at the University of Toronto and at the Carmel Bach Festival in California, has been a mentor for young singers through the Youth Mentorship Program and is a music festival adjudicator. Since 2009 Anne has been a part of the voice faculty at the University of Victoria.