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Aaron Jay Kernis
American composer and professor of music composition · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1960 · age 66
Aaron Jay Kernis is a Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning American composer serving as a member of the Yale School of Music faculty.
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2002Grawemeyer Award for Music CompositionAwardGrawemeyer AwardsAward1998Pulitzer Prize for MusicAward1995Arts and Letters Award in MusicAward1993Stoeger PrizeAward1984Guggenheim FellowshipAward1960Born15 January 1960
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Kernis spent 15 years as the music advisor to the Minnesota Orchestra and as director of the Minnesota Orchestra's Composers' Institute, and was the workshop director of the Nashville Symphony Composer Lab. He has received numerous awards and honors throughout his thirty-five-year career.
Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1960 · age 66
