Singer, improviser and songwriter
IMDL / Shared encounters

01 / Practice
Annija Krivjonoka is a Latvian singer working across improvisation, songwriting and performance. She explores how extended vocal techniques can become part of a song’s melodic and expressive language, moving between jazz, contemporary music and experimental settings. After completing a bachelor’s degree in jazz vocals at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, she continued with master’s research in jazz composition. Her work includes collaborations with dancers, composers and electronic musicians, and a trio setting with cello and tenor saxophone.
02 / In practice

Annija Krivjonoka · IMDL 04 · Tempel · 14 December 2025
Film still / Videography · Jongkag Park

Annija Krivjonoka · IMDL 04 · Tempel · 14 December 2025
Film still / Videography · Jongkag Park
01 / Performance film
Annija Krivjonoka — IMDL #4: Perennation · 1 min
Films: Jongkag Park
Practice & experience
Moving fluidly between improvisation, songwriting, and performance, Latvian singer Annija Krivjonoka explores the outer edges of her voice. Her collaborations across musical genres, dancers, composers, improvisers, and electronic music artists have taken her through the contemporary classical, pop, folk, indie, jazz, and improvised music scenes of the Netherlands, Latvia, and elsewhere in Europe.
Works across improvisation, songwriting and performance in the Netherlands, Latvia and other European countries.
Earned a bachelor's degree in Jazz Vocals at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague.
Performed the voice part in Annija Anna Zarina's I at Gaudeamus Festival's Tera de Marez Oyens Prize programme on 12 September 2026.
03 / At IMDL
IMDL / Improvised Music Dance Laboratory