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About

Kate

Kate Miller-Heidke is one of Australia’s most versatile and acclaimed artists - a singer-songwriter who seamlessly traverses contemporary pop, folk, musical theatre and opera.

Across a career defined by both artistic ambition and commercial success, she has released multiple studio albums including the ARIA Top 5 records O Vertigo!, Nightflight and Curiouser, the latter achieving double platinum status and spawning the multi-platinum singles The Last Day On Earth and Caught In The Crowd.

Her work has earned ARIA nominations across a remarkably broad spectrum of categories - from Best Pop Release and Best Adult Contemporary Album through to Best Classical Album, Best Cast Recording, Best Comedy Release and Best Australian Live Act - reflecting a career that consistently defies genre boundaries.

Classically trained at the Queensland Conservatorium, Kate has performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York and with the English National Opera. As a composer, her debut opera The Rabbits was met with widespread acclaim, winning four Helpmann Awards including Best Score and Best New Australian Work.

In collaboration with long-time creative partner Keir Nuttall, Kate wrote the music and lyrics for Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical, which premiered at Sydney Theatre Company before touring nationally. It received five Helpmann Awards including Best Original Score, and recently had its premiere international season in the UK.

In 2019, Kate represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest with her original song Zero Gravity. Following a unanimous selection by both jury and public vote at Eurovision - Australia Decides, her performance went on to win her semi-final and secure a Top 10 placing at the Grand Final, winning the coveted Marcel Bezançon Award for Artistic Achievement, and earning global acclaim for its vocal and visual ambition.

Alongside her recording and stage career, Kate has become a familiar presence on Australian television in her new role as a coach on The Voice Australia, where she has mentored emerging artists over the past two seasons, with a 3rd to start airing in August, and for which she earned her first Logie Award nomination, for Best New Talent.

Bold, boundary-pushing and continually evolving, Kate Miller-Heidke remains one of the country’s most distinctive creative voices - an artist equally at home on the stage, in the recording studio, or at the forefront of contemporary songwriting.