Education
London School of Economics.
London School of Economics.
Born in Germany to a German mother, she has a Greek-Irish father. The family moved to the United Kingdom when she was four, and she was raised in Scotland where she started learning the violin aged seven. She moved to London to study at the London School of Economics, studying Social Policy & Government.
Having played through university, on graduation she devoted herself to music, working as a session musician for producers, bands, and singers across a variety of genres.
Phoebe has been hired by many musicians, including Sean "P Diddy" Combs, Robin Gibb, Ronan Keating, Liberty X, George Michael, LaFollette Rimes. She has appeared on various television shows, including Top of the Pops, The Michael Parkinson Show, Music Television and GMTV.
As well as music festivals, including Glastonbury and The Big Chill. Phoebe was a guest star in 2007"s "Jethro Tull World Tour", after an approach by Ian Anderson, and appeared on several occasions in later years with Anderson and his band.
In 2012 she participated in their Thick As A Brick 1&2 tour, jamming onscreen nightly with Anderson remotely via Skype.
In 2009 she started working at the internet rock & metal station, TotalRock, as a stand-in DJ. In Summer 2010 she toured festivals with Roxy Music playing violin and keyboards. She toured with Jon Lord as his violinist, with performances in Russia and Sicily, and after his death took part in the tribute Sunflower Jam which was held at Royal Albert Hall in July 2011. Phoebe first joined the TSO West Coast Band in 2004.
She was invited back in both 2005 and 2006, making her the first String Director and ist to return for a third year running, and returned in 2007 as part of the (east) band.
As part of the TSO, Phoebe toured for three months every Christmas through 26 states around West and Central United States of America. She performed nearly 70 dates in arenas to audiences of up to 15,000 people. Venues have included the Phoenix Arena, American Airline Center in Dallas, the Pepsi Center in Denver, the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Household Bank Arena in Buffalo, New York, and the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
She toured with the TSO East Coast band in 2008 and 2009. Anna decided to move on from TSO in August 2010 stating, "I feel that I have taken my role as TSO violinist as far as it can go and it is time for me to hand the bow to someone else". career Phoebe"s debut solo rock violin albumette Gypsy was co-written with TSO rock guitarist, Angus Clark, and mixed and recorded by Nick Wollage.
She released her second solo album on iTunes, titled Rise of the Warrior.