Anna Magdalena Kokits was born in Vienna in 1988, where she was given her first piano lessons by her mother at the age of four. She has been a student of Alejandro Geberovic for years and achieved numerous prizes at various international competitions in Austria and abroad. She also received a special prize from the Academy of Music in Prague for her outstanding interpretations of the works of Smetana. Since 2007 she has been performing together with Alexander Gebert, a cellist for the Altenberg Trio Vienna. The performance at the ACF will her London-debut.