Raised in Denver Colorado, Anja Wood attended music conservatory at the Cleveland Institute of Music before moving to NYC in 1994. Over the past three decades, she has established herself as a highly respected and versatile musician, performing and recording with icons David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Dave Matthews, Barbara Streisand, Chris Cornell, Trey Anastasio, and Harry Connick, Jr. Anja has played with countless other performers, like Pearl Jam, Rufus Wainwright, and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. She currently plays Hamilton on Broadway and is the cellist on the Hamilton soundtrack, which has gone Diamond, selling over 10 million copies. 

Anja resides in New York City with her 2 daughters, and is also the founder and President of The Lelt Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to acutely malnourished children in Ethiopia.