Concert pianist AnnaLotte Smith performed her first solo recital at age 8, made her orchestral debut at age 12, and began concertizing internationally at age 13. She has successfully competed in multiple international competitions most notably winning the Grand Prix at the Second Baden Württemberg International Piano Competition in Germany that drew competitors from more than 15 countries and placed second in the Fifth LISMA International Piano Competition, USA.
AnnaLotte internationally concertizes as a versatile soloist and avid chamber musician highlighting the classical canon and collaborating with contemporary composers. She has been featured in a variety of international festivals such as the seminal Bach300 Festival in 2023 celebrating the legacy of 300 years of Bach in Leipzig, Germany where she performed on harpsichord with Baroque orchestra. She has also performed with the Silk Road Ensemble, at the Mostly Modern Festival, the International Mozarteum Summer Academy, the Classical Bridge Festival hosted by New York Concert Artists, the Philadelphia Young Pianist Academy, and the Accademia Pianistica Internazionale di Imola among others. Solo concert engagements have brought her on concert tour in the UK in 2014 and again in 2015. AnnaLotte continues to perform a diverse range of concerts in the USA including performances at Klaveirhaus in NYC, Steinway Hall in NYC, and the Rinaldi Steinway Piano Series in Princeton NJ.
A dynamic and versatile director, AnnaLotte frequently pivots from the traditional performance stage creating accessible and equitable performance outreach. Many of her projects combine social activism and performance with projects such as Spirit of Harmony; a concert series featuring over 100 hours of her live virtual performances for hospital patients and staff at seven hospitals throughout the pandemic. She also directed the Boston Concert for Ukraine in 2022 featuring a six hour marathon performance with 110 multidisciplinary performers garnering international news coverage. AnnaLotte also regularly reimagines performance spaces to connect with underserved populations. During the performance restrictions of the pandemic, AnnaLotte directed and composed, Rising (2021), an outdoor performance for 40 multidisciplinary artists in collaboration with Boston Conservatory, the Silk Road Ensemble, and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. In 2023, she collaborated with Berklee Summer in the City with a week of free outdoor performances largely connecting with the homeless population in Boston.
Additionally, AnnaLotte’s performance practice research has brought her into demand as a music consultant from the historic instrument collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to film sets. She was most recently awarded Best First Time Producer for the short film, Cici’s Sonata at the 2023 New York International Film Festival.
AnnaLotte was accepted into Westminster Choir College of Rider University at age 16 studying with Ena Barton, a student of Claudio Arrau. She received two prestigious Andrew J. Rider Scholar academic awards and studied as an exchange student in the Musicology Department at Princeton University. She lectured at the undergraduate and graduate levels before graduating with a BM in Piano, Summa cum Laude in 2017 at age 20. AnnaLotte earned a Masters Degree in Piano Performance at Boston Conservatory at Berklee (2023) as the Therese Koster Named Scholar studying with Ya-Fei Chuang.
As a Steinway Educational Partner, AnnaLotte has been actively teaching for over 15 years both privately and in the classroom. AnnaLotte joined Westminster Conservatory of Music of Rider University in Princeton, NJ where she served on the Faculty in the music theory and history departments as well as the Pre-College Honors Music Program from 2017 to 2020. She also joined the administration as Assistant Director of the Pre-College Division from 2018 to 2020 during which time she implemented educational technology throughout the department and more than doubled student enrollment. AnnaLotte continues to privately teach in the greater Boston Area and serves as faculty the Attacca School of Music.