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Anke Keitel

About Me


Sitting At The Piano
Love Gives Life
Anke Keitel is an engaging and talented artist – a singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and actress.
As a child Anke studied violin, piano and flute. Later, she took up playing the guitar and writing her own songs before studying Music and Media at the University of Sussex in Brighton and continuing her piano lessons at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Since finishing her studies, Anke has worked as a musician, singer, performer and trainer with numerous theatre and music projects. This has included community theatre, theatre in schools and businesses, improvisation theatre and, as part of her Masters in Theatre and Media for Development, a project in Bangladesh with street and working children.
Raised to believe in the essential unity of humanity Anke took it upon herself to travel widely and discover for herself the uniqueness of the world, from Morocco to Poland, from Finland to Malaysia. Anke has lived in Germany, England, Bangladesh and Australia and as the daughter of an Australian mother and a German father feels comfortable in both languages. She prefers to sing in English. Wherever she goes, Anke is fascinated by communication through melody, words and rhythm.
Anke's quirky and lively but also reflective personality are portrayed in her musical performance and create her own unique style combining her voice with acoustic instruments and popular beats. Her music is influenced by the joy of connecting people to each other through music as well as connecting herself and people around her to their own higher nature.
Anke has performed in numerous varied settings, including weddings, birthdays, conferences, German corporate events, clubs in Brighton and London and various Frankfurt venues.
Since June 2008 Anke has been part of the label Leib und Seele Musikproduktion (Body and Soul Music Production) and is currently working on her debut album.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/03/2007
Band Website: leibundseelemusic.de
Influences: Tracy Chapman, Loreena McKennitt, Missy Higgins, Norah Jones, Bodo Wartke
Record Label: Leib und Seele Musikproduktion
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Performance 3rd November

Dear Music Friendswell, been busy and moving house, but now I am performing again on 3rd November in Sandgasse in Offenbach. Anybody who lives nearby and is interested in some fusion of piano, guitar,...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:55:00 GMT

This Sunday PERFORMANCE

Dear Music LoversI'm looking forward to the performance on Sunday in the Frankfurt Art Bar. Thanks to all those people who have accepted my friendship requests and who have already said they will be a...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:23:00 GMT

Newspaper Article

Hallo hallohier ist ein Zeitungsartikel, der am Samstag in der Offenbach Post erschien. Ich würds nicht ganz so unterschreiben, aber ist trotzdem ein sehr netter Artikel find ich. Ansonsten, vielen...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:57:00 GMT

German Newspaper Article

Dear Music Friendsbeen busy busy, which has also shown up in two recent newspaper articles, one as a portrait, one with great references to a literature event. They are both in German. Both articles a...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 01:34:00 GMT

The Place To Be OUT TODAY - background information

DEAR MUSIC FRIENDSThe Single The Place To Be is out today!!!You can buy it on www.leibundseelemusic.de./shop, i-tunes, amazon, musicload etc. The song is inspired by the idea of where the place to be ...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 03:20:00 GMT

Radio Interview Today: http://www.radiox.de/

Dear Music FriendsI will be on air today at 6pm German time on the radio station RADIO X: http://www.radiox.de/So you'll get a chance to pre-listento "The Place To Be" and hear some further informatio...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 02:21:00 GMT

CONTENT OF "THE PLACE TO BE"

 Hello dear music friendsI was talking to a friend today who mistook my previous subject lines for some meeting for singles with the slogan "The Place To Be". Amusing... hehe, but not what I intended....
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 14:34:00 GMT

PRE-ORDER Single

Dear Music Friendsyou can pre-order the Single "The Place To Be" on www.leibundseelemusic.de/shop.EnjoyAnke
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:28:00 GMT

Places To Buy: The Place To Be

Dear Friends and PeopleRelease Date for the Single THE PLACE TO BE is 15th May!Exciting! Can be bought on www.leibundseelemusic.de or any other amazon, i-tunes store. All the bestAnke
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:39:00 GMT

RELEASE DATE 15th MAY "THE PLACE TO BE"

The Place To Be - 15th MayThe place to be for all those interested on the 15th May is in front of the internet, when THE PLACE TO BE will be released! Played in a Frankfurt Jam session yesterday, had ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:07:00 GMT