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Keren Ann

Keren Ann is an Israeli, French and Dutch singer-songwriter and producer who performs mainly in French and English.

born 1974French and English solo albumsThe duo Lady & BirdWriting for Henri Salvador

Keren Ann
Born
10 March 1974, Caesarea
Occupation
singer-songwriter, singer, audio engineer, guitarist

Keren Ann was born in 1974 in Caesarea

Keren Ann Zeidel was born on 10 March 1974 in Caesarea, to a Russian-Jewish father and a Dutch-Javanese mother. She lived in Israel and the Netherlands before her family moved to Paris.

In Paris she finished high school at the Moshe Sharett Israeli school. She studied at a conservatory and started playing guitar at 9, later adding harmonica and clarinet.

She co-wrote Henri Salvador's 2000 album Chambre Avec Vue and released solo albums from 2000 to 2019. With Barði Jóhannsson she formed the duo Lady & Bird, and the two co-wrote the 2011 opera Red Waters.

Her music has appeared in TV series such as Grey's Anatomy and Six Feet Under and in advertising campaigns. She contributed songs to the Israeli film Yossi in 2012 and composed music for a Gesher Theater play in 2014.

She holds Israeli, Dutch and French citizenship. In July 2012 she gave birth to her first child.

Keren Ann's life in 8 milestones

  1. 1974

    Born in Caesarea.

  2. 2000

    Released her first solo album, La Biographie de Luka Philipsen.

  3. 2003

    Released a self-titled album with Lady & Bird.

  4. 2008

    Created the sound design for the TV channel Arte with Tibo Javoy.

  5. 2011

    Co-wrote the opera Red Waters.

  6. 2012

    Contributed songs to the film Yossi.

  7. 2017

    Named an Officer of Arts and Letters.

  8. 2019

    Released the album Bleue and was named a Knight of the National Order of Merit.

Keren Ann received 2 awards and honours

  • Officer of Arts and Letters
  • Knight of the National Order of Merit

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Based on English Wikipedia, Keren Ann and Hebrew Wikipedia, קרן אן, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0

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