Anca Parghel (born September 16, 1957, Câmpulung Moldovenesc — died December 5, 2008, Timişoara), Romanian jazz artist, was a singer (jazz, be-bop, samba, bel canto) who excelled in scat, improvisation and vocal percussion. She claimed to be a polyglot, speaking seven different languages, including English, German, Portuguese and her native Romanian.

Born to a poor family she began singing at the age of three and was up onstage quickly as a prodigy child. She also sang in her church choir.

She left home at age 14 to study at the Music High School in Iaşi, later attending the Iaşi Conservatory which she graduated in 1981 (primary instrument piano, secondary: bel canto). However, since jazz was not exactly popular nor officially encouraged in this part of the world living behind the Iron Curtain, Anca studied jazz on her own. At the age of 18 she married painter Virgiliu Parghel (divorced 2001), with whom she had two sons, Ciprian and Tudor.

Anca Parghel taught music for a living in Suceava (Bucovina) at the local Arts high-school before turning to a professional singing career (circa 1989). She was a Professor of vocal jazz at the Brussels Royal Conservatory and the Lemmens Conservatory in Leuven (1997–2002). She lived in Brussels for 8 years before making a triumphant return to her home country around 2004-2005. Academically, she wrote a dissertation about the improvisation of Charlie Parker. As a music instructor and choir conductor she taught many generations of aspiring singers and professional musicians, and led many workshops across Europe in Bucharest, Chisinau, Brussels/Namur, in Germany and England. She toured extensively in Europe, mostly playing in local clubs in Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Austria and Switzerland.