Cellist and composer Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is known for both her use of technology – which she uses to sample her cello onstage – and for her DIY approach, releasing her music online without the help of a record label.
Zoë has a devoted, global audience. Her self-released albums have several times reached #1 on the iTunes classical chart, she has over 1 million followers on Twitter and her grassroots approach and artists’ advocacy has garnered her much public attention and press. Zoe has been featured widely on NPR, including as a many time guest on Radiolab, was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum where twice she was the only artist to perform for world leaders and participated on panels with Bono, Peter Gabriel and Will I Am.