Just when you think you've got her pegged as another romantic piano girl, Anna Dagmar hits you with a collage of noise, a lament for fallen soldiers, or an apocalyptic vision. Wait for the next track: it might surprise you.

Her love of words was born at a tiny desk, in a tiny room, just north of London. St. Albans' Cathedral choir, father's classical radio, and mother's lullabies echoed all around. And at age seven, one never forgets sitting on the steps of a new home in Massachusetts, on lookout, for the piano delivery truck.

While many young students turn their noses up at classical music, as they would at brussel sprouts, Dagmar devoured Chopin, Beethoven and Debussy like chocolate cake. It was the surprises in the music that fascinated her. At fourteen, she discovered the tender, mystical poetry of Joni Mitchell alongside the breathtaking improvisations of Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, who transformed the piano into a choir of tiny voices. By the end of her training at The Eastman School of Music, Dagmar had found a way to weave her passions and influences together into surprising songs of her own.

Now based in New York City, she has rapidly become known across the US and all the way to Stockholm for her virtuosity as a pianist, singer and song writer. She has released three full-length albums and a printed songbook, and has been featured as a side person with artists Martha Colby, Nadine Goellner, The Lascivious Biddies, Melineh Kurdian, and Mike McGinnis, among others. Solo tours have included London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Boston. Dagmar has been selected to perform on special occasions for luminaries such as world-class photographer, Annie Leibovitz, former Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, and Swedish Nobel Prize Winner, Torsten Weisel. Dagmar’s songs have been recognized in Collected Sounds Magazine Top Albums, The Unisong International Song Writing Contest, The Williamsburg Song Writing Contest, and the ASCAP Expo Listening Panel. They have been included on CD compilations for Peace-Driven Songs and Children’s International. Recently, "Amazed," was chosen by UK conductor Alex Douglas for a gospel arrangement and was performed by the LVC choir in Bristol.

Dagmar’s newest album, "Let the Waves Come in Threes," has been produced by drummer Ben Wittman (of Lucy Kaplansky, Patty Larkin and Jonatha Brooke). It features unique arrangements, and many musicians including Caleb Burhans (itsnotyouitsme), bassist Richard Hammond (Dar Williams), soundscape guitarist Marc Shulman (Suzanne Vega) and genre-bending vocalist Theo Bleckmann (Meredith Monk). The title track is an upbeat sea chanty which tells the vivid tale of a girl whose treasured diary has been swept up in a storm. She looks out across the ocean for meaning and direction as a mysterious voice rises up from the water. "Let the Waves Come in Threes," was released in April of 2009 in NYC and will be celebrated during an extensive summer tour.

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