Anna Śliwa is a graduate of the Music Academy in Kraków. She plays various types of string instruments (Baroque violin, viola, viola d’amore, fidel, pochette as well as amplified viola and electric violin), specializing in the performance of early music, both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles of various instrumental combinations. She works closely with such period instrument ensembles as Camerata Cracovia, Ars Cantus, Concerto Polacco, Fiori Musicali, Il Tempo and Consortium Sedinum. At present she is a member of the period instrument ensemble Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense of the Warsaw Chamber Opera.
Her repertoire includes many rarely performed compositions. She has made numerous recordings as a member of chamber ensembles and taken part in prestigious festivals in Poland (Wratislavia Cantans, Warsaw Autumn, Music in Old Kraków) and abroad (Europäisches Musikfest in Stuttgart, Arte Sintesi in Enschede, the Netherlands and Festival van Vlaanderen – Brugge). Foreign tours have taken her to many European countries, the United States and Japan.