FR :Anneke Van Giersbergen a connu le succès en tant que chanteuse du groupe néerlandais The Gathering, dont elle signe la plupart des textes durant 11 ans, de 1995 à 2006. Elle a aussi travaillé entre autres avec Lawn, The Farmer Boys, Ayreon, Napalm Death et Moonspell.
Elle quitte The Gathering en 2007 pour se lancer en solo et créer son propre groupe, Agua de Annique. Leur premier album Air est sorti en 2007. Anneke y présente ses propres compositions, plus orientées pop. En janvier 2009 paraît l'album Pure Air, un album épuré et acoustique, reprenant de nombreux titres de l'album Air, ainsi que d'autres morceaux très divers, tels que Ironic d'Alanis Morissette. Elle s'y entoure également de plusieurs artistes tels que Danny Cavanagh (Anathema), Niels Geusebroek, Marike Jager, Kyteman, Arjen Lucassen, John Wetton et Sharon den Adel. L'album permet à Anneke de mettre en avant sa voix cristalline, toujours parfaitement maîtrisée et vibrante. Le troisième album, In Your Room sort en octobre 2009, sous le nom de Anneke van Giersbergen & Agua de Annique. Le premier extrait s'intitule Hey Okay!.
Elle chante aussi dans deux chansons du groupe Globus, intitulées Mighty Rivers Run et Diem Ex Dei. Elle est vocaliste principale sur l'album deDevin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad, The Devin Townsend Project) : Addicted, sorti en novembre 2009. En 2010 elle sort Live in Europe avec Agua de Annique.
EN : Anneke describes the creative process surrounding the album as ‘finding my own identity as a solo artist’. It reflects the changes she’s been going through in recent years, resulting in a unique blend of upbeat rock, electronic sounds and of course Van Giersbergen’s trademark heartfelt singing style.
When Anneke van Giersbergen started her solo career back in 2007, she had already been the frontwoman of Dutch metal pioneers The Gathering for 13 years. Together with her band Agua de Annique she released several outstanding albums to both critical and popular acclaim in a short period of time which immediately put her in the picture as a solo artist.
She was also involved in several interesting co-operations with the likes of Within Temptation (“Black Symphony” 2008), eccentric multi-talent Devin Townsend (“Addicted” 2009) and long-time friends Anathema (“Falling Deeper” 2011).
Over the last few years, Anneke van Giersbergen has been exploring her musical boundaries to the fullest. In 2008, together with Dutch A-list bands Racoon and Bløf, she recorded a song in her native language: “Als je ooit nog eens terug kan”, which shot straight to #1 on the Dutch charts.
Recently she captured the eyes and hearts of a huge audience through her version of U2's "All I want is You" at the popular daily Dutch prime-time television show “De Wereld Draait Door”. People were talking about it for days afterwards.
For four years, Anneke van Giersbergen has been touring successfully as a solo artist, both in her home country and across the globe. She has performed from Chile to Lebanon & from Mexico to Finland, as well as support for The Smashing Pumpkins and a special presentation in front of H.H. the Dalai Lama.
Her new album, “Everything Is Changing”, not only reveals new strengths in her recognizable style, but really kicks it up a notch when it comes to taking Anneke’s talents to a higher level, both lyrically and vocally. Have a listen, and everything might change.
sources : http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneke_van_Giersbergen
http://www.annekevangiersbergen.com/bio
Subject: Biography - Biographie 
Wed 4 Jan - 5:17
j'ai écouté quelques chansons via youtube (vu que j'ai aucun cd de son groupe et d'elle en solo => sauf les cd avec Ayreon 
