Anna's yellow and blue dress sparks political debate.
This week, in an unexpected turn of events, Anna's choice of performance attire (in which she recently sung her part of Raymond Gubbay's Classical Spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall) became the centre of a wider debate around censorship, the arts, politics and freedom of movement.
Anna, has described her choice of attire as a “subtle nod” to Europe at a time when she and other musicians fear for their livelihoods, but also that she had simply wanted to celebrate her Polish, Irish and British heritage after taking part in the anti-Brexit march in London earlier in the day.
Amidst claims that the dress was too provocative for a concert platform - Anna reports: “Everyone was very happy. There was no dissent, or boos from the audience and in fact I don’t think that you could see the details on the dress beyond the orchestra pit. I have received personal messages from members of the choir and the orchestra, who could see, and they have said that they were very happy that I could make that gesture,”.
Anna has since embraced the chance to speak out for UK musicians who are facing uncertainty in the face of Brexit and has become an official ambassador for the Save Music campaign.
Speaking on the importance of freedom of movement for UK musician's - Anna explains ''It’s a difficult time for the musical community because free movement is essential for us to carry out our jobs. It’s an industry where many of us work contract by contract so everyone is really quite worried about what will happen.
Read more about Anna's new role as ambassador here
