Kate Miller-Heidke is an award-winning singer and songwriter who traverses the worlds of contemporary pop, folk, musical theatre and opera.
She has released 5 top ten studio albums including O Vertigo!, Nightflight, and Curiouser, which reached double platinum sales and featured the multi-platinum hits ‘The Last Day On Earth’ and ‘Caught In The Crowd’. In 2009 she and her collaborator Keir Nuttall became the first Australians to win the grand prize in the International Songwriting Competition for ‘Caught in the Crowd’. Kate’s latest album, Child In Reverse, was released in October 2020 to enormous critical acclaim, debuting in the top 10 of the ARIA Charts. In 2022, Kate released her latest single ‘You Can’t Hurt Me Anymore’ featuring Jaguar Jonze.
Her work has been nominated for ARIAs in categories as diverse as Best Pop Release, Best Adult Contemporary Album, Best Classical Album, Best Cast Recording, Best Comedy Release and Best Australian Live Act.
Trained as a classical singer at the Queensland Conservatorium, Kate has performed roles for the Metropolitan Opera in New York in John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer, as well as several roles for the English National Opera, and in Jerry Springer The Opera at the Sydney Opera House.
Her debut opera as a composer, The Rabbits (based on the book by Shaun Tan and John Marsden), was commissioned by Opera Australia had sold-out seasons in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. It won 4 Helpmann Awards including Best Score and Best New Australian Work.
With her collaborator Keir Nuttall, she wrote the music and lyrics to Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, which premiered at the Sydney Theatre Company and played throughout 2019 in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It won five Helpmann Awards, including Best Original Score. They also composed music for Twelfth Night (2018) and As You Like It (2021), both for Melbourne Theatre Company.
After competing at Eurovision – Australia Decides on the Gold Coast in February 2019, Kate was unanimously chosen by both the jury and public votes to become Australia’s representative at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Kate’s heartfelt performance and the out-of-this world staging of her original composition ‘Zero Gravity’ won her first place in her semi-final, a top ten placing in the Grand Final, and the coveted Marcel Bezançon Award for Artistic Achievement.
Kate and Keir recently completed work on their brand new original musical comedy, Bananaland, with book by Keir and music and lyrics by Kate and Keir, which had its world premiere at the 2023 Brisbane Festival, and just finished a season at the 2024 Sydney Festival to rave reviews. It won ‘Best Musical Or Cabaret’ and ‘Best Composition And/Or Sound Design’ at the 2024 Matilda Awards.
Kate is currently touring Australia on the 54-date ‘Catching Diamonds’ Tour of regional towns and cities throughout the country, which began in January 2024 and continues until October. She has recently filmed her first season as a Coach on the Channel 7 series The Voice Australia, alongside Guy Sebastian, LeAnn Rimes and Adam Lambert, which will air later in the year. Tickets to Kate’s Catching Diamonds Tour are on sale now.
“The finest vocals in Australian music.” – The Border Mail
“Indie-pop for adults … smart, challenging and mature pop music.” – Rolling Stone
“Listening to Kate Miller-Heidke is like being fucked by butterflies” – Neil Gaiman
