Furthermore, special lessons in "jazz recorder", given by saxophonists like Peter Weniger and Ulrich Orth, inspired her to create her own bands such as the "Annette-Ziegenmeyer-Quartet" and "Girl Talk". With these two bands, she won several prizes in jazz and rock competitions:
2001: Winning Jazz (Hannover) with the "Annette-Ziegenmeyer-Quartet",
2002: Local Heroes (Hannover) with "Girl Talk".
2003: Winning Jazz (Hannover) with "Girl Talk".
In 2003, she was offered a grant for artists and composers by the Cultural Department of the German government, which allowed her to stay at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France for one year.
There, she was able to concentrate on composing and developing new ways and techniques for playing the recorder by experimenting with live-electronics, effects, new sounds etc.
Since February 2004, Annette has been teaching the recorder at the Conservatoire Municipal de Malakoff, near Paris. Besides developing her own method for teaching the recorder, she regularly plays concerts in Germany and Paris with her two current bands ("Girl Talk" and "As Is"). In Germany, she has also performed in several concerts as a flute-soloist, playing her own compositions and medieval dance-music.
More and more people and musicians are amazed by the innovative ways she plays her various recorders, especially the funky grooves and jazzy-coloured melodies of her improvisations, which have nothing to do with the usual recorder-sound most people are used to.
