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Anat Fort

Anat Fort is an Israeli jazz pianist and composer who has recorded albums for ECM Records and leads the Anat Fort Trio.

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Born: 8 March 1970
Occupation: pianist, jazz musician, composer, musician
Education: Bar-Ilan University

Anat Fort was born in 1970

Anat Fort was born on March 8, 1970, near Tel Aviv. As a child she studied music with Noa Blass, and at age 6 she began classical piano lessons.

She began studying jazz with Ofer Brayer during her military service. She then went to the United States to study music at William Paterson University in New Jersey. In 1996 she moved to New York, where she studied with pianist Paul Bley and studied composition with Harold Seletsky.

Her debut album, Peel, came out in 1999. She was the first Israeli jazz pianist to sign with ECM Records, which released A Long Story in 2007 with drummer Paul Motian. Her trio album And If followed in 2010, and Birdwatching in 2016.

She performed at venues such as Birdland, The Blue Note and the Montreal Jazz Festival. As a composer she received grants and commissions, including from the Tel Aviv Opera House and the Israel Festival.

In 2009 she returned to Israel and kept performing with her trio. In 2018 she won the Prime Minister's Prize for Jazz Composers, and in 2019 Sunnyside released her trio album Colour.