Keren Ann

Biography

Keren Ann Zeidel (Hebrew: קרן אן זיידל; born 10 March 1974), known professionally as Keren Ann (קרן אן), is an Israeli, French, and Dutch singer, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, and sound engineer. She performs mainly in French and English, and she's based in Paris, Tel Aviv, and New York City. She plays guitar, piano, and clarinet.

Early life

Keren Ann Zeidel was born in Caesarea, Israel, to a Russian-Jewish father and a Dutch-Javanese mother. She lived in Israel and in the Netherlands until the age of 11, when her family moved to Paris.
Ann's mother converted to Judaism and as a result she considers herself "absolutely Jewish".

Career

Keren Ann has released eight solo albums: La Biographie de Luka Philipsen×La Biographie de Luka PhilipsenApril 2000 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Dimanche en hiver3:512Dans ma ville3:063Seule3:314On est loin3:435Sur le fil4:386Peut‐être3:157Reste là3:068Décrocher les étoiles3:539Jardin d’hiver2:5810Aéroplane3:5311Deux3:1912Les Mercenaires3:4013Autour de l’arbre3:46 (2000), La Disparition×La Disparition22 April 2002 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Au coin du monde3:212Le sable mouvant3:363Les rivières de janvier3:214La corde et les chaussons5:095Surannée2:256Ailleurs4:337L'illusioniste4:068La tentation0:559Mes pas dans la neige4:1710Le chien d'avant-garde3:5911La disparition3:36 (2002), Not Going Anywhere (2003), Nolita (2005), Keren Ann (2007), 101 (2011), You're Gonna Get Love (2016) and Bleue (2019). Many of her songs have been covers of other artists, including Henri Salvador, Jane Birkin, Françoise Hardy, Rosa Passos, Jacky Terrasson, 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 sync 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×Thelma, Louise et Chantal15 February 2010 · Album · SoundtrackSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Vous les copains, je ne vous oublierai jamais2:332Nelly, Sacha & Jeremiah1:163La Plus Belle pour aller danser3:374Hoping for Sunshine Preparing for Rain1:515Trouble Maker2:156La Question2:447Nelly & Sacha0:578L’Idole des jeunes2:329Nothing Moves Her Anymore 11:4810Ding dong6:1611Les Vacances au bord de la mer3:2812Nehama 71:2613Ivan, Boris et moi2:2514Nothing Moves Her Anymore 20:5715Les filles n’ont aucun dégoût2:2216End TLC5:0417Nelly & Jeremiah1:0518Jeremiah0:40 (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.
After the 7 October 2023, she claimed in a long interview that "babies had their throat cut" during the Hamas attack and ask support of French artists to Jewish artists and Israel.

Personal life

Keren Ann has Israeli, Dutch, and French citizenship. She is fluent in English, Hebrew, and French.
She married a Jewish man. She stated: "Being in tune with one's origins is important". In July 2012, Keren Ann gave birth to her first child, Nico.

Collaborations and scores

Chambre Avec Vue with Henri Salvador at Source-Virgin France (2000)
Lady & 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

Grey's Anatomy ("Not Going Anywhere×Not Going Anywhere25 November 2003 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Not Going Anywhere3:382Polly3:163Road Bin3:224End of May3:315Sailor & Widow3:336Sit in the Sun3:337Right Now & Right Here3:358Seventeen2:249Spanish Song Bird4:1210By the Cathedral2:4211Ending Song4:30")
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×Strange Weather17 November 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Strange Weather5:31")
Baby Reindeer ("My Name is Trouble")