Keren Ann
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.jpg) Keren Ann in 2008 | |
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| Born | 10 March 1974 Caesarea, Israel |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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| Website | www |
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Keren Ann Zeidel (Hebrew: קרן אן זיידל born 10 March 1974), known professionally as Keren Ann (קרן אן), is an Israeli and Dutch singer, songwriter, composer, producer, and engineer based largely in Paris, Tel Aviv, and New York City. She plays guitar, piano, and clarinet. She also engineers and writes choir and musical arrangements.
Early life[edit]
Keren Ann Zeidel was born in Caesarea, Israel, to a Russian-Jewish father and a Dutch-Javanese mother.[1] She lived in Israel and in the Netherlands[2] until the age of 11, when her family moved to Paris.[1]
Career[edit]
Keren Ann has released eight solo albums: La Biographie de Luka Philipsen (2000), La Disparition (2002), Not Going Anywhere (2003), Nolita (2005), Keren Ann (2007), 101 (2011), You're Gonna Get Love (2016) and Bleue (2019).[3][4] Many of her songs have been covered by other artists, including Henri Salvador, Jane Birkin, Francoise Hardy, Rosa Passos, Jacky Terasson, Emmanuelle Seigner, Benjamin Biolay and Anna Calvi. Her music has been featured in TV series including Grey's Anatomy, Six Feet Under and Big Love, and in movies including Love Me No More (2008). Her song "Beautiful Day" has been the sound of the "Skyteam" campaign, and in 2008 her song "Lay Your Head Down" was the synch for the international H&M Spring commercial.
Keren Ann and Icelandic musician Barði Jóhannsson formed the musical duo "Lady & Bird"; the two released a self-titled studio album in 2003, as well as a live recording of their performance with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in 2009. The two co-wrote the 2011 opera Red Waters; it was produced by the Opéra de Rouen and directed by Arthur Nauzyciel, and performed in four opera houses around France.
Keren Ann co-wrote Henri Salvador's 2000 album Chambre Avec Vue, and wrote the lyrics for Sophie Hunter's 2005 debut album Isis Project, to music written by Guy Chambers. In 2008, Keren Ann composed, with Tibo Javoy, the entire sound design for the European TV channel Arte. She co-wrote and co-produced, with Doriand, Emmanuelle Seigner's 2010 album Dingue.
She contributed to the soundtrack of the French film Thelma, Louise et Chantal (2010), directed by Benoît Pétré, including cover versions of French songs from the 1960s. She also contributed six songs to the Israeli film Yossi (2012), directed by Eytan Fox, as well as appearing onscreen as herself, performing a music concert.
Personal life[edit]
Although she has lived and recorded mostly in France and the US, Keren Ann retains her Dutch and Israeli citizenship. She is fluent in English, Hebrew, and French.
In July 2012, Keren Ann gave birth to her first child, Nico.[5]
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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FRA [7] |
SWI [8] |
UK [9] |
US Jazz [10] | |||
| La Biographie de Luka Philipsen |
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— | 111 | — | — | — | |
| La Disparition | — | 18 | — | — | — | ||
| Not Going Anywhere |
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37 | 40 | — | — | — | |
| Nolita |
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67 | 56 | — | — | — | |
| Keren Ann |
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40 | 13 | 81 | 189 | 18 | |
| 101 |
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8 | 22 | 50 | — | — | |
| You're Gonna Get Love | 26 | 27 | — | — | — | ||
| Bleue |
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26 | 39 | 69 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
Collaborations and scores[edit]
- Chambre Avec Vue with Henri Salvador at Source-Virgin France (2000)
- Lady and Bird, with Bardi Johannsson at Labels (2003)
- Isis Project with Guy Chambers and Sophie Hunter at Sleeper Music UK (2004)
- ARTE New Sound with Tibo Javoy
- La Ballade of Lady & Bird with Icelandic Symphonic Orchestra at EMI
- Dingue for Emmanuelle Seigner with Doriand at Sony Music France
- Thelma, Louise et Chantal original score
- Red Waters, opera, with Bardi Johannsson (2011)
- "Soleil Bleu" / Sylvie Vartan @ Sony Music France (2011)
TV soundtracks[edit]
- Grey's Anatomy ("Not Going Anywhere")
- Skyteam Advertisement ("Beautiful Day")
- Six Feet Under ("Jardin D'hiver")
- Big Love ("L'onde Amere")
- The L Word ("Do What I Do") (Lady & Bird)
- TGV Advertisement ("Malmo Lives") (Lady & Bird)
- H&M Advertisement ("Lay Your Head Down")
- Daewoo Motor Sales Iaan Advertisement ("Right Now & Right Here")
- Orange Advertisement ("Lay Your Head Down")
- Galia Advertisement ("Right Now & Right Here")
- Nurse Jackie ("My Name is Trouble")
- Normal People ("Strange Weather")
References[edit]
- ^ a b Hoerburger, Rob (11 March 2011). "Gangsta Folk". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ Rosenberg, Grant (7 May 2007). "The Sweet Songs of Keren Ann". Time. time.com. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ "Site Keren Ann".
- ^ a b Kopiejwski, Faustine (15 February 2016). "Keren Ann: un nouvel album marqué par l'amour, la naissance et la mort". Cheek Magazine (in French). Archived from the original on 5 December 2017.
- ^ "La chanteuse Keren Ann, maman d’une petite Nico" (in French). Elle. elle.fr. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ "Discographie Keren Ann" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Discographie Keren Ann". lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Keren Ann". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Chart Log UK (1994–2010): A – Azzido Da Bass". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Keren Ann Chart History (Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Certifications Albums Argent – année 2007" (in French). SNEP. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Relaxnews (2011). "Musique : 101, le nouvel album de Keren Ann". Cosmopolitan (in French). France. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Keren Ann toute en "Bleue"". France Inter. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Interview, The Observer, 3 April 2011
- "A Clear View", New Yorker profile by Sasha Frere-Jones
| International | |
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- 1974 births
- 21st-century Dutch women singers
- 21st-century Dutch singers
- 21st-century Israeli women singers
- 21st-century Israeli women writers
- 21st-century Israeli women engineers
- Blue Note Records artists
- Capitol Records artists
- Dutch people of Javanese descent
- Dutch people of Russian-Jewish descent
- Dutch pop singers
- Dutch women engineers
- Dutch women singer-songwriters
- Dutch singer-songwriters
- English-language singers from Israel
- Israeli audio engineers
- Israeli people of Dutch descent
- Israeli people of Javanese descent
- Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent
- Israeli pop singers
- Israeli record producers
- Israeli women engineers
- Israeli women record producers
- Israeli women singer-songwriters
- Israeli singer-songwriters
- Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Living people
- Musicians from New York City
- Musicians from Paris
- People from Caesarea, Israel
- Musicians from Tel Aviv
- Polydor Records artists
- Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Women audio engineers
- 21st-century Israeli engineers