Classical guitarist Anna Mnich is an active performer based in Brooklyn. She has appeared in various New York City venues such as the New York Historical Society, the Long Island Guitar Festival, the Pilsudski Institute of America in New York, the 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony, NACHMO, Collabfest, Dance Now Joe's Pub Festival. In 2015 she was a guest artist at the Guitarfest in New Jersey. She also actively collaborates with other musicians and dance groups. As a member of Silesian Guitar Octet, Mnich gave concerts in Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary. She has also recorded with Polish Radio National Symphonic Orchestra of Katowice.
In October 2020 Mnich released her first CD entitled “Music of Roland Dyens” featuring 13 compositions by the French virtuoso guitarist/composer. The album received positive reviews in MusicWeb International and Classical Music Daily.
Mnich is a laureate of the Andres Segovia Award from the Manhattan School of Music, as well as several international guitar competitions ( the John Duarte Guitar Competition, the Sanok Guitar Meetings, the Kielce Guitar Competition).
Originally from Poland, Mnich started playing guitar at the age of ten in the studio of Amadeusz Kokot. She holds degrees from the Academy of Music in Katowice, and the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Wanda Palacz and David Starobin respectively.