Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Laura Keller began Suzuki violin studies at the age of 3. She attended the Punahou School and upon graduation in 2006 began her undergraduate studies at the New England Conservatory where she was a student of Miriam Fried. She went on to earn a Masters in Music from Yale University, studying with Ani Kavafian. Her primary chamber music mentors have included Paul Katz and members of the Borromeo, Takács, and Tokyo Quartets.

Laura played her first concerto solo with orchestra at age 12 with the Honolulu Symphony as a winner of the HSO’s concerto competition. She performed as a soloist with the orchestra again in consecutive seasons.  Laura has been featured multiple times on National Public Radio’s shows From The Top and Performance Today. She has appeared in concert as a soloist and chamber musician in cities across the U.S. In 2013, Laura toured the cities of Beijing and Shanghai performing an original work by multi-award winning composer Michael-Thomas Foumai for solo violin and orchestra, commissioned for her and the Punahou Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in numerous music festivals including the ENCORE School for Strings, Music@Menlo’s Young Performer and International programs, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Taos School of Music.

Laura joined the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra in 2019. She performs additionally as an extra violinist with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony.