Anna was born to Valayil Joseph Varghese and Mini Varghese in Kottayam. She spent her early childhood in Nigeria with her family till her father Joseph Varghese resigned his designation as Administrating Manager to the chemical company Drury Industries.
Katharina graduated from Saint Theresa"s College, Cochin, and later went to Australia to pursue her passion as a pilot from the famous Flying School Moorabbin Aviation Services.
Her musical repertoire may lead one to the commercial hit “Appangal embadum” from the National Award winning movie Ustad Hotel but Katharina’s voice is a harbinger of a sizzling bright future in the Indian Indie music scene. Having been raised by her father strictly on Bob Marley, Dylan and Jagger, she picked up her guitar from the 6th grade onwards and sang like the world would heal at just her pitching. She has developed a lyrical style that has brought out commercial hits in the Malayalam film industry which are “Jhonny mone Jhonny“ from the movie ABCD, “Ente kannil nikkaye” from Bangalore Days, “I want to fly”, the Natasha theme song for Bangalore Days (sung and written by AKV), and her latest release, “Laila O Laila”, from the movie Laila O Laila, for which she again penned the lyrics.
The leading music director Gopi Sundar from South India discovered her through her guitar guru Sumesh Parameshwar.
She started her career in music by singing advertisement jingles in various languages and lending her voice to background scores in films for the National Awardee Gopi Sundar. Anna Katharina is now awaiting the release of the movie Aakashavani in October for which she is debuting as a music director for the song “Kiliye”, which is a blues jazz number.
Being a mezzo-soprano, AKV started orchestrating and programming her compositions during her pre and post-natal days. With roots of reggae culture handed down through her Nigerian childhood firing up her free spirited aviation days in Australia, Anna Katharina as an artist grew more deep and distinct.
In her words “I want my music to be in the hearts and homes of people, and also on top of the billboards.
Music is a feeling and I want everyone in the world to feel and experience lieutenant”.
