Born in Barcelona, Anna Crexells graduated both in Piano and Chamber Music at the Liceu Conservatory studying with Cecilio Tieles and Ángel Soler. In 2019 she has also received the Master Degree Piano Accompaniment of Musikene.
She specialized in vocal accompaniment with Ángel Soler, Wolfram Rieger, Enza Ferrari and Maciej Pikulski.
She is official pianist at Amigos de la Ópera de Sabadell, Singing class of Carmen Bustamante, Master’s Program in Opera Performance of Liceu Conservatory, Vocal Contest Mirabent y Magrans, International Singing Competition Jaume Aragall and Francisco Viñas International Singing Contest.
She has collaborated as official pianist with Asociación de Amigos Alfredo Kraus de Oviedo, Teatro Calderón of Valladolid, L’Auditori of Barcelona, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya and opera productions of La Fura dels Baus.
She has been repertorist in masterclasses and courses of Jaume Aragall, Josep Carreras, Francisco Araiza, Eduard Giménez, Dalmau González, Raúl Giménez, Celso Albelo, Carlos Chausson, Michele Pertusi, Eric Halfvarson, Dolora Zajick, Juan Pons, Teresa Berganza, Mariella Devia and Eva Marton.
She develops its activity in the instrumental repertoire in the Vitoria International Music Course and Torroella de Montgrí International Courses with instrumentists like Wilbert Halzelzet, Vicenç Prats, Leo de Neve, Catalin Bucataru, Arno Piters and Jaan Bossier.
She has worked with orchestras such as Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña, Orquesta Sinfónica del Vallès, Joven Orquesta Nacional de Cataluña, and Orquesta de Cadaqués under Gianandrea Noseda, Alain Guingal, Victor Pablo Pérez, Justin Freer, Miquel Ortega, Daniel Gil de Tejada, Santiago Serrate, Xavier Puig, Elio Orciuolo, Rubén Gimeno, Jaime Martín, Phillippe Herreweghe, and Salvador Brotons.
She has performed together with Montserrat Martí, Àngel Òdena, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Carlos Cosías, David Alegret, Sara Blanch, Enea Scala, Maria Rey-Joly, Saioa Hernández, Carles Pachón, Cristina Segura, Maite Alberola, Maria Miró, Freddie di Tommaso, Serena Sáenz, Gemma Coma-Alabert, Mariola Cantarero, Albert Casals, Maria Luisa Corbacho, Carlos Daza, Manel Esteve, Raquel Lojendio, Auxiliadora Toledano, Maribel Ortega, Enric Martínez-Castignani, Marta Mathéu, Simon Orfila, Stefano Palatchi among many other singers.
She has appeared in different festivals and halls including Festival de Porta Ferrada, Schubertíada de Vilabertrán, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Lope de Vega in Sevilla and at the Great Hall of the Palace of the Music in Barcelona.
“Anna Crexells is an extraordinary accompanist. She is the suitable cushion for a soloist, she has an extremely subtle and delicate pulsation which allows to perform from the most absolute pp to the most powerful FF. Musical and flexible, she is the perfect pianist that everyone wants to listen to.”
“Great musicians have always given importance to Chamber Music; remember Pau Casals and Alfred Cortot, or today Daniel Baremboim or James Levine: that facility to make music together with other soloists requires necessarely a versatility in order to create the catarsis needed to reach master versions in the music repertoire.
Anna Crexells is a delicate pianist dedicated to Chamber Music. She is gifted with real musicality: she always reaches the level of excellence in her performances, she has a music culture which allows her to take many different repertoires, from instrumental to lied with singers, with identical integration.
She is brilliant, elegant, well educated and discreet; qualities which transcend in each of her performances. It is a pleasure having her with us, she is an exigent and serious professional.”
“Pianist Anna Crexells is one of the most valued repertorists today; prove of that is her busy and distinguished schedule in this domain. She always finds in each work the best balance between the composer and performer, between tradition and modernity. She is a magnificent pianist beating all difficulties in quantity and variety of composers and styles together with the singers in concerts and masterclasses. She has great knowledge of femenine and masculine voices and their respective tessitura. Delicate, and discreet, gives support and confidence to the singer.
She is usual repertorist at the masterclasses by maestro Jaume Aragall, and has also worked with Teresa Berganza, among others.
A delicate yet distinguished pianist, attracting discrete attention, she is a good support and gives confidence to the soloist.”
Roman Galimany