Anne Horsch was born into a family of musicians in Munich, Germany. Her parents recognized her musical talent early on and fostered it. She got her first piano lessons at the age of five. Deeply impressed by an organ concert she switched to playing the organ at the age of ten. She took organ classes at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich under the tutelage of Prof. Franz Lehmdorfer. She also attended the master class of Prof. Harald Feller. She graduated with an artist’s diploma, a music teacher’s diploma and, in addition, a diploma for rhythmic musical education. The results of her dissertation on the subject of ”stage fright” were published in several professional journals.

Stipends of the DAAD, the Lions’ Club and the Office Franco-Allemande de la Jeunesse allowed for additional studies in France from 1995 to 1999, beginning with Eric Lebrun, François Espinasse and Naji Hakim in Paris. In Lyon she studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieure de Musique in the class of Jean Boyer who accredited the young musician with having “quite exceptional musical capabilities”. In June 1999 she concluded her studies there with the Diplôme National d’Études Supérieures Musicales “with distinction” – ”très bien à l’unanimité du jury.” She attended masters’ classes with, among others, Daniel Roth, Gaston Litaize, Olivier Latry, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Michael Radulescu, Louis Robillard and Bob van Asperen.

As a consequence of her studies in France and in Germany she is cognizant of the most important German traditions of interpretation from Bach to Reger as well as with the French schools. In 2001 the Konzertgesellschaft München started sponsoring the artist according to its program for the advancement of the highly gifted. In 2002 her first CD was published by Arte Nova. It featured works by Reubke, Mulet and Vierne played on the organ of St. Eustache, Paris, and was recorded as a coproduction of Radio France and Bayerischer Rundfunk. In the summer of 2002 she performed Camille Saint-Saëns’ ”organ symphony” with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo conducted by Emmanuel Krivine. As a result she was invited to go on concert tour as soloist with the orchestra in December of 2002. At the same time she was engaged for another concert in May 2003.

Anne Horsch is extensively active performing in concerts in Europe and the USA. So far she has appeared with orchestras like the Münchner Philharmoniker, the Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Bach Collegium of Munich, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bonn and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. She has performed with conductors like Lothar Zagrosek, Marek Janowski, Heribert Beissel and Bruno Weil. During the summer of 2007, she finished a recording of the complete organ works of Johannes Brahms for the Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting Service) on the historical romantic Maerz organ in Saint Rupert in Munich. This recording was published as a SACD by cpo in 2008.