Andrea Keller

Andrea Keller (born 1973) 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 (VCA).

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). 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.

Discography Albums Title Details Icedreaming Released: 2000 Label: Newmarket (NEW3070.2) Thirteen Sketches Released: 2001 Label: Newmarket (NEW3081.2) Mikrokosmos Released: March 2002 Label: ABC Jazz (4766238) Angels and Rascals Released: 2005 Label: ABC Jazz (9828385) Live at the Edge Released: August 2006 Label: ABC Jazz Little Claps Released: August 2007 Label: Jazzhead (HEAD083) Footprints: The Wayne Shorter Project Released: November 2007 Label: ABC Hush Collection: A Castle for All Released: February 2008 Label: Hush Music Foundation (HUSH 008) Carried by the Sun Released: 2008 Label: Jazzhead (HEAD072) Galumphing 'Round the Nation Released: June 2010 Label: Andrea Keller Three Lanes Released: May 2012 Label: Andrea Keller (AK001) Wave Rider Released: November 2013 Label: Jazzhead (HEAD191) Family Portraits Released: November 2013 Label: Jazzhead (HEAD188) Consider This Released: 2015 Label: no label Andrea Keller Quartet Greatest Hits Released: April 2016 Label: Andrea Keller (AK002) The Komeda Project Released: 2016 Label: Andrea Keller (AK004) Still Night: Music in Poetry Released: November 2017 Label: Andrea Keller Five Below Live Released: July 2018 Label: Andrea Keller Transients Volume 1 Released: May 2019 Label: Andrea Keller Transients Volume 2 Released: November 2019 Label: Andrea Keller Life is Brut[if]al Released: June 2020 Label: Andrea Keller Andrea Keller Curates Monday Nights Live at the Jazzlab – Volume 1 – 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 Flicker & Polar Bird Released: October 2023 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.

Wave Rider Best Independent Jazz Album Artist

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. 2002 Thirteen Sketches Best Jazz Album

2003 Mikrokosmos Best Jazz Album 2005 Angels and Rascals Best Jazz Album 2007 Little Claps Best Jazz Album 2008 Footprints Best Jazz Album 2013 Portraits Best Jazz Album 2014 Wave Rider Best Jazz Album 2019 Transients Vol. 1 Best Jazz Album

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. 2003 Mikrokosmos – Andrea Keller Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album 2008 Little Claps – Andrea Keller Quartet Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album 2012 Andrea Keller Quartet Best Australian Jazz Ensemble 2014 Wave Rider – Andrea Keller Quartet Best Australian Modern Jazz Album 2017 Consider This – Andrea Keller and Tim Wilson Duo Best Australian Instrumental Jazz Album 2018 Still Night: Music in Poetry – Andrea Keller Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album 2019 Five Below Live – Andrea Keller Best Australian Jazz Ensemble of the Year

Note wins only

Music Victoria Awards The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005. (awards 2005-2012 are unknown). 2013 Family Portraits Best Jazz Album

2014 Wave Rider Best Jazz Album 2019 Transients Vol. 1 Best Jazz Album 2020 Life Is Brut[if]al Best Jazz Album

herself Outstanding Woman in Music herself Best Musician

herself Best Jazz Act