Andrea Keller | |
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Born | 1973 |
Origin | Australia |
Andrea Keller is an Australian musician 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]
Born of Czech parents in 1973, Andrea Keller grew up in Sydney, Australia.
Convinced from a young age that she would be a musician, she studied piano, flute and saxophone at the Sydney Conservatorium High School. Inspired by her older brother, she penned her first compositions at the age of 10, and received her A-mus-a 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 & improvisation departments, including the Faculty of the VCA and MCM University of Melbourne, Monash University and Melbourne Polytechnic (formerly NMIT).[3]
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Thirteen Sketches (as The Andrea Keller Quintet) |
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Mikrokosmos (with The Bartok Project) |
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Angels and Rascals (as The Andrea Keller Quartet) |
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Live at the Edge (with Tamara Murphy) |
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Little Claps (as Andrea Keller Quartet) |
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Footprints: The Wayne Shorter Project |
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Hush Collection: A Castle for All |
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Galumphing Round the Nation (as Andrea Keller Quartet) |
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Three Lanes (with Genevieve Lacey & Joe Talia) |
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Wave Rider (as Andrea Keller Quartet) |
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Family Portraits |
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Andrea Keller Quartet Greatest Hits (as Andrea Keller Quartet) |
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The Komeda Project (with Miroslav Bukovsky) |
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Still Night: Music in Poetry |
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Five Below Live |
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Transients Volume 1 |
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Transients Volume 2 |
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The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.[18]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2002 | Thirteen Sketches | ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album | Won |
2003 | Mikrokosmos | ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album | Won |
2005 | Angels and Rascals (as Amanda Keller Quartet) | ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
2007 | Little Claps (as Amanda Keller Quartet) | ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
2008 | Footprints | ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album | Won |
2013 | Portraits (as Amanda Keller Family) | ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
2014 | Wave Rider (with Quartet with Strings) | ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
2019 | Transients Vol. 1 | ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005. (awards 2005-2012 are unknown).[19][20]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2013 | Family Portraits | Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
2014 | Wave Rider (with Quartet with Strings) | Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
2019 | Transients Vol. 1 | Best Jazz Album | Won |