Anna-Liisa Eller
b. December 13, 1988Member of the Association of Estonian Professional Musicians
Anna-Liisa Eller started her Estonian chromatic kannel studies at the Tallinn Music School with teacher Malle Vihul. He continued her studies under the supervision of Kristi Mühling, first at the Georg Ots Tallinn Music School, which he graduated from in 2008, and then at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in 2011 and a master's degree cum laude in 2014. In 2013, Anna-Liisa Eller studied at the Lyon National Conservatory of Music and Dance under Professor Yves Rechsteiner and Professor Rolf Lislevand, and in 2013–2014 at the Trossingen University of Music in Germany under Professor Rolf Lislevand. From the autumn of 2016, she continues at the doctoral program of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, supervised by Professor Toomas Siitan and Professor Imbi Tarum.
Anna-Liisa Eller has won prizes at several competitions both in Estonia and abroad, including the 1st prize in Vilnius (2008) and the 1st prize and Koistinen kantele special prize at the 1st International Kantele Competition in Helsinki, Finland (2011).
Anna-Liisa Eller mainly focuses on early and contemporary music. She likes to experiment and broaden the possibilities of Estonian chromatic kannel. This hardly known exotic instrument with surprisingly wide possibilities has been described by listeners as a sound from heaven. She has performed at numerous music festivals across Europe and has participated in the work of several Estonian and international ensembles, both as a soloist and as an ensemble member. She collaborates closely with ensembles Supersonus, The Bright Future Ensemble, Vox Clamantis, Floridante, Rondellus, and others. Anna-Liisa Eller has been teaching kannel at the Georg Ots Tallinn Music College since 2010 and at the Tallinn Music School since 2016.
Anna-Liisa Eller has released a solo album Srtings Attached: The Voice of Kannel (Harmonia Mundi, 2021) for which she won the Annual Prize of the Endowment for Music of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (2021). It has received lot of positive feedback from the international music press and was given the Estonian Music Award 2022 in the category of Classical Album of the Year.
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