Born in Cottbus (Germany), Annika Kaschenz studied piano and voice at the Conservatory of her hometown. Soon after, she continued her voice education at the “Musikhochschule Carl-Maria von Weber” in Dresden and at the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato „Rinaldo Franci“ in Siena (Italy) from which she graduated with distinction. She took part in master classes with Ks. Brigitte Fassbaender and studied with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore and Sherman Lowe, among others. She was awarded a scholarships by the Ursula Ströher Foundation in Basel and the ArteMusica-Stiftung in Frankfurt.

In 2008, Annika made her debut in Puccini's 'La Rondine' at La Fenice Theatre in Venice and subsequently interpreted the roles of Feodor in “Boris Godunov” by M. Mussorgski,as well as Stephano in “Romeo et Juliette” by C. Gounod, and Flora in “La Traviata” by G. Verdi.

At the Opera House in Leipzig she sang Suzy and Lolette in Puccini's “La Rondine.” In Montpellier and at the San Carlo Opera House in Naples she interpreted Azema in Rossinis “Semiramide”. In Trieste, at the Teatro Verdi, she was Altichiara in „Francesca da Rimini“ by R. Zandonai, Mrs. Nolan in “The Medium” by G. C. Menotti, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi by G. Puccini and Alisa in “Lucia di Lammermoor” by G. Donizetti.

She has worked with renown conductors, such as Myung-Whun Chung, Eliahu Inbal, Carlo Rizzi, Fabrizio Maria Carminati, Julian Kovatchev, Matteo Beltrami, Carlo Montanaro and Gabriele Ferro. She has also worked with prominent directors such as Graham Vick, Robert Carsen, Eimuntas Nekrosius, Kirsten Harms , Giancarlo del Monaco and Damiano Michieletto.

In addition to her work at the opera, she is also actively performing concerts ever since she started her studies. She performed at the Essen Philharmonic Hall, the first world performances at the Zwinger Saal in Dresden and sang with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Prague, with the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana and the Cottbus Staatstheater Symphonic Orchestra.

Finally, she has given recitals in major concert halls in the following cities: Boston, Tallahassee, Detroit, Iowa City, Daytona Beach, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Rotterdam, Milan, Lugano, London, Cambridge, Norwich, Edinburgh, and Leicester.