Aaron Jay Kernis

About Aaron Jay Kernis

Birth Day: January 15, 1960
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Birth Sign: Capricorn

Aaron Jay Kernis Net Worth

Aaron Jay Kernis net worth and salary: Aaron Jay Kernis is a Composer who has a net worth of $3 Million. Aaron Jay Kernis was born in in January 15, 1960. 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.
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💰Aaron Jay Kernis Net worth: $3 Million

About

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.

Before Fame

He studied music at the San Francisco Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, and Yale University. His teachers included Jacob Druckman.

Trivia

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.

Family Life

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

Associated With

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