Andrea Keller

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Andrea Keller
Born1973
OriginAustralia
Genres jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, educator, composer
Instrument(s)Piano
Years activeSince 1997
LabelsJazzhead, ABC Music
Website andreakellermusician.com

Andrea Keller (born 1973) is an Australian pianist and composer. [1] She won three ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album with Thirteen Sketches, Mikrokosmos and Footprints and was nominated in 2013 for the album Family Portraits. [2]

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Biography

Born to Czech parents in 1973, Keller grew up in Sydney, Australia. [3]

Convinced from a young age that she would be a musician, she studied piano, flute and saxophone at Sydney's Conservatorium High School. Inspired by her older brother, she penned her first compositions at the age of 10, and received her Associate in Music diploma with distinction on piano at age 14. It was around this time that she was introduced to jazz music and the art of improvisation. [4]

Continuing to explore classical, jazz and original musics throughout her teenage years, her musical path became more defined when she moved to Melbourne in 1993 to attend the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). [5]

Since 1996 Keller has been an active educator in Melbourne's tertiary jazz and improvisation departments, including the faculty of the VCA and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, Monash University and Melbourne Polytechnic (formerly NMIT). [6] In 1999, Keller founded the Andrea Keller Quintet, which later became the Andrea Keller Quartet. She also co-founded the Bennetts Lane Big Band. [7] She plays piano for the Australian Art Orchestra. [8] Keller wrote her doctoral thesis at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music about the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. [9]

Discography

Albums

TitleDetails
Icedreaming
(with Anita Hustas as Hustas-Keller)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Newmarket (NEW3070.2)
Thirteen Sketches
(as The Andrea Keller Quintet)
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Newmarket (NEW3081.2)
Mikrokosmos
(arrangement of a selection from Mikrokosmos , with The Bartók Project)
Angels and Rascals
(as Andrea Keller Quartet)
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: ABC Jazz (9828385)
Live at the Edge
(with Tamara Murphy)
  • Released: August 2006 [11]
  • Label: ABC Jazz
Little Claps
(as Andrea Keller Quartet)
  • Released: August 2007 [12]
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD083)
Footprints: The Wayne Shorter Project
  • Released: November 2007 [13]
  • Label: ABC
Hush Collection: A Castle for All
  • Released: February 2008 [14]
  • Label: Hush Music Foundation (HUSH 008)
Carried by the Sun
(with Tamara Murphy, Allan Browne)
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD072)
Galumphing 'Round the Nation
(as Andrea Keller Quartet)
  • Released: June 2010 [15]
  • Label: Andrea Keller
Three Lanes
(with Genevieve Lacey & Joe Talia)
  • Released: May 2012 [16]
  • Label: Andrea Keller (AK001)
Wave Rider
(as Andrea Keller Quartet)
  • Released: November 2013 [17]
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD191)
Family Portraits
  • Released: November 2013 [18]
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD188)
Consider This
(with Tim Wilson)
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: no label
Andrea Keller Quartet Greatest Hits
(as Andrea Keller Quartet)
  • Released: April 2016 [19]
  • Label: Andrea Keller (AK002)
The Komeda Project
(with Miroslav Bukovsky)
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Andrea Keller (AK004)
Still Night: Music in Poetry
  • Released: November 2017 [20]
  • Label: Andrea Keller
Five Below Live
  • Released: July 2018 [21]
  • Label: Andrea Keller
Transients Volume 1
  • Released: May 2019 [22]
  • Label: Andrea Keller
Transients Volume 2
  • Released: November 2019 [23]
  • Label: Andrea Keller
Life is Brut[if]al
(as Andrea Keller Five Below)
  • Released: June 2020 [24]
  • Label: Andrea Keller
Andrea Keller Curates Monday Nights Live at the Jazzlab – Volume 1 – The Composers' Circle
(as The Composers Circle)
  • Released: August 2020
  • Label: Andrea Keller
Journey Home
  • Released: September 2020
  • Label: Andrea Keller
Andrea Keller Curates Monday Nights Live at the Jazzlab – Volume 2 – Meditations for 2 to 3 Players
  • Released: November 2020
  • Label: Andrea Keller

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
AIR Awards of 2014 [25] Wave Rider (as Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings)Best Independent Jazz Album ArtistNominated

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. [26]

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2002 Thirteen Sketches Best Jazz Album Won [27]
2003 MikrokosmosBest Jazz AlbumWon
2005 Angels and Rascals(as Amanda Keller Quartet)Best Jazz AlbumNominated
2007 Little Claps(as Amanda Keller Quartet)Best Jazz AlbumNominated
2008 FootprintsBest Jazz AlbumWon
2013 Portraits(as Amanda Keller Family)Best Jazz AlbumNominated
2014 Wave Rider(with Quartet with Strings)Best Jazz AlbumNominated
2019 Transients Vol. 1Best Jazz AlbumNominated

Australian Jazz Bell Awards

The Australian Jazz Bell Awards, (also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells), are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia. They commenced in 2003. [28]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2003Mikrokosmos – Andrea KellerBest Australian Contemporary Jazz AlbumWon
2008Little Claps – Andrea Keller QuartetBest Australian Contemporary Jazz AlbumWon
2012Andrea Keller QuartetBest Australian Jazz EnsembleWon
2014Wave Rider – Andrea Keller QuartetBest Australian Modern Jazz AlbumWon
2017Consider This – Andrea Keller and Tim Wilson DuoBest Australian Instrumental Jazz AlbumWon
2018Still Night: Music in Poetry – Andrea KellerBest Australian Jazz Vocal AlbumWon
2019Five Below Live – Andrea KellerBest Australian Jazz Ensemble of the YearWon

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005. (awards 2005-2012 are unknown). [29]

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2013 Family PortraitsBest Jazz AlbumNominated [30] [31]
2014 Wave Rider (with Quartet with Strings)Best Jazz AlbumNominated
2019 Transients Vol. 1Best Jazz AlbumWon
2020 Life Is Brut[if]alBest Jazz AlbumNominated [32] [33]
2021 herselfOutstanding Woman in MusicNominated [34]
herselfBest MusicianNominated [35] [36]
herselfBest Jazz ActWon

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