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Aaron Jay Kernis

American composer and professor of music composition
Person human Q302157

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15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
January 15, 1960
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
composer, violinist, professor of music composition
Employer
Yale School of Music[7]
Educated at
Yale University, Manhattan School of Music, Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, Bensalem High School[8][9][10][11]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Grawemeyer Awards, Stoeger Prize, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, Arts and Letters Award in Music[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Notable work
Symphony in Waves, String Quartet No. 2[12][13]
Genre
contemporary classical music[23]
Nominated for
Pulitzer Prize for Music, Pulitzer Prize for Music[26]
Given name
Aaron[24]
Instrument
violin[25]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters[21]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
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American Academy in Rome ID
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BBC Things ID
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BRAHMS artist ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Carnegie Hall agent ID
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CiNii Research ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Dezède person ID
11158
Discogs artist ID
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Europeana entity
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FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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Grammy Awards artist ID
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Grove Music Online ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
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HAND ID
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Hyperion Records person ID
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IDU person ID
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IMDb ID
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IdRef ID
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J9U entity ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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Musicalics composer ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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National Library of Wales Authority ID
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Oxford Reference overview ID
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Prabook ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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SNARC ID
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Songkick artist ID
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TheaterEncyclopedie ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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🔗 Connections
Award received 5
Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Grawemeyer Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, Arts and Letters Award in Music
Mb:composer 4
Still Movement with Hymn, Still Movement with Hymn, String Quartet No. 2, String Quartet No. 2
Mb:teacher 4
Yevgeniy Sharlat, Chris Rogerson, Judd Greenstein, Xi Wang
← Mb:teacher 4
Charles Wuorinen, Morton Subotnick, Jacob Druckman, Bernard Rands
Educated at 2
Yale University, Manhattan School of Music
Nominated for 2
Pulitzer Prize for Music, Pulitzer Prize for Music
Occupation 2
composer, violinist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
Yale School of Music
Genre 1
contemporary classical music
Given name 1
Aaron
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
violin
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Place of birth 1
Philadelphia
SNARC ID 1
Satna
Sex or gender 1
male
Students 1
Bálint Karosi
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Summary

Aaron Jay Kernis was born on January 15, 1960[1], in Philadelphia[2]. He has worked as a composer[3], violinist[4], and professor of music composition[5].

FAQs

Where was Aaron Jay Kernis born?

Aaron Jay Kernis was born in Philadelphia[2].

What did Aaron Jay Kernis do for work?

Aaron Jay Kernis worked as a composer[3], violinist[4], and professor of music composition[5].

Where did Aaron Jay Kernis go to school?

Aaron Jay Kernis was educated at Yale University[8], Manhattan School of Music[9], Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts[10], and Bensalem High School[11].

What awards did Aaron Jay Kernis receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[14], Rome Prize[15], Pulitzer Prize for Music[16], and Grawemeyer Awards[17].

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . music.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . music.yale.edu. Retrieved . music.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . music.yale.edu. Retrieved . music.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . music.yale.edu. Retrieved . music.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . music.yale.edu. Retrieved . music.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . chambermusicsociety.org. Retrieved . chambermusicsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . artsandletters.org. Retrieved . artsandletters.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . music.yale.edu. Retrieved . music.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [13] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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