Zoe Keating

Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to create beautiful and otherworldly music.

Born in Canada and classically trained from the age of eight, Zoë dabbled in computer software while moonlighting as a cellist in rock bands. Inevitably, she combined the two and developed her now signature style while improvising for late night crowds at warehouse parties. Her self-produced album "One Cello x 16: Natoma", has four times been #1 on the iTunes classical and electronica charts.

From 2002 to 2006 Zoë was a member of the cello-rock trio Rasputina and she is featured on the albums of countless artists, including DJ Shadow and Amanda Palmer. Zoë has composed and recorded scores for the films "The Devil's Chair", "Ghost Bird", "Diary of A Sex Addict", "Frozen Angels", performed on Mark Isham's score for "The Secret Life of Bees", appeared on Jay Leno with Paolo Nutini and been on five tours with the Grammy-nominated songstress Imogen Heap.

In January of 2009 she was awarded a performing arts grant from the Creative Capital Foundation to produce a multimedia performance piece in collaboration with visualist Jeffrey Rusch.