Annalena Kott was born in Öhringen. After studying at the Würzburg University of Music, she began her artistic instrumental studies there with Prof Herwig Zack. She then switched to the class of Prof. Tobias Feldmann, with whom she completed her musical training in the master class programme at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig with distinction.
She received further artistic impulses through masterclasses with Prof Pierre Amoyal, Veronika Eberle and the Artemis Quartet. She was supported by the Deutschlandstipendium, the cultural scholarship of the city of Heilbronn and Live Music Now.
She gained orchestral experience at an early age in the Bundesjugendorchester and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, as well as an academy member of the Staatskapelle Weimar and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
From 2019 to 2021, she was engaged on a temporary contract with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
Numerous temporary engagements have taken her to orchestras throughout Germany, including the hr-Sinfonieorchester, the MDR-Sinfonieorchester and the Staatskapelle Dresden.
She has been a member of the 2nd violin section of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra since 2021.