Aaron Jay Kernis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Aaron Jay Kernis
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Jan 15, 1960(1960-01-15)
Age	64
Birthplace	Pennsylvania
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Capricorn

Aaron Jay Kernis Biography

Aaron Jay Kernis is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on January 15, 1960 in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and professor who wrote concertos for cello, English horn, violin, and toy piano. He was known for “Dream of the Morning Sky,” “Colored Field,” “Lament and Prayer,” “New Era Dance,” and other orchestral works.

He and Elliott Carter were both recipients of the Rome Prize.

Aaron Kernis found immediate success as a composer when his work Dream of the Morning Sky was premiered in 1983 by the New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta conducting. He was only 23 at the time but won unanimous praise for an incident that took place. In an open rehearsal, in front of an audience, Zubin Mehta stopped the orchestra to complain loudly about the vagueness of the score. Rather than being cowed by the strong-willed conductor, Aaron Jay Kernis simply replied, “Just read what’s there.” The audience applauded young Kernis for sticking up for his work, and within weeks the story received national attention.

Aaron Jay Kernis is one of the most successful composers of his generation, reflected in the many accolades that he has received. He has been honored by ASCAP, BMI, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the New York Foundation of Arts. In 1984 he won the Rome Prize, which enabled him to study in Europe. Kernis received an exclusive five-year recording contract with Argo Records in 1996. In 1998 he won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Music, which recognized his String Quartet No. 2 (musica instrumentalis). Then, in 2002 he won the prestigious University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for Colored Field. Kernis was also commissioned by Disney for his choral symphony Garden of Light for their millennium celebration. Most recently he was awarded the 2012 Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, which allowed him to spend 2013-15 in residence at Northwestern University, and in 2014, he was named Composer in Residence for the 2014–2015 year at Mannes College.

He was born in Bensalem Township outside of Philadelphia. He fathered two children with his wife, pianist Evelyne Luest.

Aaron Jay Kernis Net Worth

Aaron Jay Kernis is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Aaron Jay Kernis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied music at the San Francisco Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, and Yale University. His teachers included John Adams, Charles Wuorinen, Bernard Rands, Morton Subotnick, and Jacob Druckman.

He became in 1998 one of the youngest composers to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for ‘Musica Instrumentalis,’ which was inspired by String Quartet No. 9’s last movement by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Aaron Jay Kernis (born January 15, 1960) is a Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning American composer serving as a member of the Yale School of Music faculty. Kernis spent 15 years as the music advisor to the Minnesota Orchestra and as Director of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Composers’ Institute, and is currently the Workshop Director of the Nashville Symphony Composer Lab. He has received numerous awards and honors throughout his thirty-five year career. He lives in New York City with his wife, pianist Evelyne Luest, and their two children.

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Kernis’s style has been described as having neo-romantic intensity with exuberant imagination. His thematic material tends to keep audiences engaged while his sound palette offers them an innovative approach to orchestration. There have been many comparisons drawn to Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Mahler, and Igor Stravinsky due to their rhythmic drive and timbral exploration. His eclectic influences range from Claude Debussy to modern hip-hop music. Kernis claims that his works have been influenced by 19th century music, minimalism, and impressionism. He has said numerous times that he feels more comfortable writing beautiful music as opposed to atonal works. 100 Greatest Dance Hits features a wide range of musical styles from rock to salsa. New York Philharmonic cellist Carter Brey says that Kernis is “not afraid to take chances and that there is a lot of passion in his writing.” Music critic Benjamin Ivry feels that Kernis’s success comes from a varied, ambitious style that is enjoyable to listen to. He characterizes him as an imaginative composer who is capable of achieving any emotion.

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