Keren Ann

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Keren Ann
Keren Ann performing at "La fête de l'Huma" in France in September 2005.
Keren Ann performing at "La fête de l'Huma" in France in September 2005.
Background information
Born March 10, 1974 (1974-03-10) (age 34) Caesarea, Israel
Instrument(s) Guitar, piano, clarinet
Associated acts Benjamin Biolay, Barði Jóhannson, Lady and Bird

Keren Ann Zeidel (Hebrew: קרן אן זיידל‎ born March 10, 1974) is a singer-songwriter based largely in Paris, New York City and Israel. She plays guitar, piano and clarinet, engineers and writes choir and musical arrangements. She is descended from Russian Jews on her father's side and is Indo (Javanese and Dutch) on her mother's. She lived in Israel and in the Netherlands until the age of 11, when her family moved to France. She retains her Dutch and Israeli citizenship.

In 2000 she began her solo career with La Biographie de Luka Philipsen—produced by Lionel Gaillardin and Benjamin Biolay, who also co-produced its follow-up, La Disparition (in return, she helped write his debut album, Rose Kennedy). The pair also wrote several songs for Henri Salvador's best-selling, prize-winning 2000 comeback album, Chambre avec Vue, including the hit "Jardin d'Hiver".

Her third album Not Going Anywhere was released worldwide in 2003, but her American breakthrough came with its follow-up, Nolita (2004). Recorded in Paris and New York—it is named for Nolita, her neighborhood in lower Manhattan—it is sung half in French and half in English.

Lady & Bird is a collaboration with Barði Jóhannson, of the Icelandic group Bang Gang.

The Isis Project is a concept album that she wrote with Guy Chambers and was sung by Sophie Hunter.

Keren Ann's fifth solo album, the eponymous Keren Ann, was released in 2007.

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  • Her song "L'Onde Amère" was featured on a 1st season episode of the HBO series Big Love
  • Her song "Jardin d'Hiver" was featured on a 5th season episode of the television series Six Feet Under
  • Her song "Not Going Anywhere" was featured on a second season episode of Grey's Anatomy.
  • Her song "Right now and right here" was featured in a Korean ad of the Daewoo Group's architectural division, Daewoo Motor Sales's Iaan.

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