Anders Norell was born 1970 in Sundsvall, Sweden. He has been Principal Flute in the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan since 1996. Prior to that, he worked as 2nd Flute and Piccolo player in Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden.

His first musical influences came through his father, who was organist at the local church. This way, Anders often joined in to help tuning the "queen of instruments", and soon after learning to play the flute at age of 10 he frequently performed in church, often together with the choir.

He completed his Master of Fine Arts in Music at the College of Music at Gothenburg University with Professor Gerard Schaub and later postgraduate studies at Royal Academy of Music in London with Professor William Bennett. Furthermore, Suzuki-master Toshio

Takahashi has had great influence on his playing as well as nurturing a passion for education. Besides his local teaching activities as Assistant Professor of Flute at University of Taipei, National University of Arts and Taipei European School, he has held recitals and international Masterclasses for flute in Singapore and the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

Although having travelled extensively throughout the whole world, he will never sever his ties with the Swedish countryside where he grew up. Hence, nature is always central in Anders' way of thinking and making music, and he strongly believes that the flute should sing in a natural way. Many audiences have enjoyed listening to his very personal flowing flute tone. He has performed solo concertos with NSO several times by Mozart, Messiaen, Corigliano and Liebermann to high acclaim.