Sun September 7

Anita Petruescu is an artist on a mission, aiming to craft a bold declaration through her artistic endeavors. As a Romanian-born, award-winning singer and composer based in the Netherlands, she’s dedicated to musical honesty, dissolving the barriers between musical genres and forging her unique, cohesive artistic identity. She grew up in a musical environment, but it was during teenage years that she made jazz her primary occupation. She graduated from her Bachelor studies at the National University of Music Bucharest in 2019 and completed a Master research paper in the jazz department at Codarts Rotterdam in 2022. She extended her musical horizons under the guidance of well established musicians and educators, such as Tineke Postma, Stefan Lievestro, Bart de Win, Nils van Haften, Marc van Roon, Anne Liis Poll. Her expressive style and masterful vocal technique brought her recognition as one of the most acclaimed jazz singers of her generation, and she performed with top musicians of her native country such as Mircea Tiberian, Sorin Romanescu, Iulian Nicolau and Albert Tajti. With a taste for extensive melodies, traveling fast from high to low registers, she continuously pushes the boundaries of her own instrument, fearlessly venturing into the realm of her vocal sound, that is uniquely sculpted: raw, powerful, yet delicate and evocative. Anita is currently living in Rotterdam, where she is an active musician, performer, band leader and educator. She is set to release her debut album, “All layers beneath the surface” featuring own compositions. Apart from the leading work with her quintet, Anita Petruescu Group, she is involved in multidisciplinarity projects, modern jazz, free improvisation and in collaborations with orchestras, dance, theater.