Kristin Berardi
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Kristin Berardi, originally from the country town of Koumala in North Queensland, is one of Australia’s first calls when it comes to jazz singing. Her accolades include winning the Montreux Jazz Festival’s International Vocal Competition in 2006, supporting Al Jarreau and George Benson at Montreux Jazz Festival 2007, winning the National Freedman Fellowship 2007, receiving two National Australian Bell Awards for the Best Jazz Vocal Album for 2010 & 2012, and most recently winning the National Jazz Award for Voice at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival (2012), and being one of five finalists in this year’s APRA Professional Development Awards for Jazz (2013).
She studied in Brisbane at the Conservatorium of Music with Irene Bartlett. She has released numerous albums, including her two Bell Award winning albums – the duo album, with the incredible Australian/NZ guitarist James Sherlock “If you were There”, and “Kristin Berardi meets the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra”. She also has her self-titled band album on the Jazzhead label featuring all Berardi orginal works.
She has successfully completed tours in Europe and Australia, and has performed locally, nationally and internationally at jazz festivals and jazz clubs, including in New York, Germany, Switzerland, Japan and Indonesia. She also teaches at the Brisbane Conservatorium of Muisc, as well as guest lectures around the country.