Andrea Keller


Andrea Keller is an Australian pianist and composer. 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.

Biography

Born to Czech parents in 1973, Keller grew up in Sydney.
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.
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.
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. In 1999, Keller founded the Andrea Keller Quintet, which later became the Andrea Keller Quartet. She also co-founded the Bennetts Lane Big Band.She plays piano for the Australian Art Orchestra. Keller wrote her doctoral thesis at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music about the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
In 2017 Keller was awarded the Merlyn Myer Music Commission from the Melbourne Recital Centre.

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

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.
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Australian Jazz Bell Awards

The Australian Jazz Bell Awards,, are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia. They commenced in 2003.
  • Note wins only

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005..
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