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American composer, born 15th January 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ALBUMS


Kernis*, Piazzolla*, Sierra*, David Tanenbaum, Coco Trivisonno*, Lisa Lee (11), The New Century Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Derthick
Double Echo (New Guitar Concertos From The Americas)
2021, CD, Naxos
Aaron Jay Kernis, Marilyn Shrude, Dalit Warshaw*, Richard Cornell (2), Martin Kennedy (2), David Liptak, Bowling Green Philharmonia, Emily Freeman Brown, Ioana Galu, Brittany Lasch
The Composer's Voice / New Music From Bowling Green Volume 8
2021, CD, Albany Records
Aaron Jay Kernis, Nashville Symphony*, Giancarlo Guerrero
Color Wheel
2020, CD, Album, Naxos
Aaron Jay Kernis - Marina Piccinini, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop
Flute Concerto / Air / Symphony No. 2
2019, CD, Album, Naxos
Danielpour*, Kernis*, Schickele*, David Shifrin, Miró*, Dover*, jasper*
Spring Forward: Music For Clarinet And String Quartet
2019, CD, Album, Delos
Eric Jacobsen, Valérie Sainte-Agathe, San Francisco Girls Chorus, The Knights (10) With Trinity Youth Chorus*, Lisa Bielawa, Colin Jacobsen, Aaron Jay Kernis
My Outstretched Hand
2019, CD, Album, Supertrain Records
Aaron Jay Kernis, Alan Hovhaness, George Gershwin, Victor Herbert, Daniel Schnyder, Duke Ellington, Samuel Barber, Ensemble Esperanza, Chouchane Siranossian
Western Moods
2019, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Ars Produktion, ,
Modern/Neo-Classical
James Ehnes, James Newton Howard, Aaron Jay Kernis, Bramwell Tovey
Violin Concertos / Stream of Limelight
2018, CD, Album, Onyx (6)
Aaron Jay Kernis / Paul Neubauer, Joshua Roman, Royal Northern Sinfonia*, Rebecca Miller
Dreamsongs, Three Concertos
2018, CD, Signum Classics, ,
Contemporary
Kernis*, Fine*, Elkies*, Barker*, Coleman*, Alice K. Dade*
Living Music: New Chamber Music For Flute
2018, CD, Album, Naxos
Aaron Jay Kernis, Talise Trevigne, Albany Symphony*, David Alan Miller
Simple Songs
2017, CD, Album, Albany Records
Aaron Jay Kernis - Evelyne Luest, Caroline Stinson, Susan Babini, Daedalus Quartet*, Contrasts Ensemble*
On Distant Shores: Solo And Chamber Music
2015, CD, Album, Phoenix USA
Aaron Jay Kernis, Andrew Russo, James Ehnes, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Three Flavors
2015, CD, Album, Naxos
Truls Mørk, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann, Max Bruch, Ernest Bloch, Antonín Dvořák, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sir Edward Elgar, Benjamin Britten, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Arvo Pärt, Henri Dutilleux, Aaron Jay Kernis
Greatest Cello Concertos
2013, 9xCD, Comp + Box, Erato
David Shifrin & Friends*, Copland*, Hartke*, Kernis*, Zwilich*
Chamber Music Northwest
2012, CD, Album, Delos
Aaron Jay Kernis, The New Professionals*, Rebecca Miller, Mary King
Goblin Market
2011, CD, Album, Signum Classics
Tim Fain, Pei-Yao Wang - Puts* • Glass* • Kernis* • Zhurbin* • Danielpour* • Bolcom* • Higdon* • Zimmerli* • Wylie*
River Of Light: American Short Works For Violin And Piano
2011, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Contemporary/Modern
The Jasper String Quartet*, Kernis*, Beethoven*
The Kernis Project: Beethoven
2011, CD, Album, Sono Luminus
Kernis*, Liderman*, Mackey*, Tanenbaum*, Plitmann*, Strauss*, Kernis*, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Conservatory Guitar Ensemble*
Awakenings. New American Chamber Music For Guitar
2010, CD, Naxos
Aaron Jay Kernis - Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar
Symphony In Waves: Music Of Aaron Jay Kernis
2008, CD, Cedille Records
Aaron Jay Kernis - Andrew Russo / Felix Fan / David Tanenbaum / Kashii String Quartet
100 Greatest Dance Hits
2007, CD, Album, Black Box
Aaron Jay Kernis, Susan Narucki, Donald Berman
Simple Songs - Valentines - Songs Of Innocents
2007, ,
Contemporary
David Del Tredici, Aaron Jay Kernis / Anthony De Mare
Out Of My Hands
2005, CD, Album, Koch International Classics
Truls Mørk, Haydn* - Dvořák* · Tchaikovsky* · Prokofiev* · Miaskovsky* · Shostakovich* · Kernis*
Cello Concertos
2004, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Sli, Virgin Classics, Virgin Classics, ,
Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary
Aaron Jay Kernis - Truls Mørk, Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue
Colored Field - Musica Celestis - Air
2001, CD, ,
Contemporary
Aaron Jay Kernis
Double Concerto For Violin & Guitar / Air For Violin / Lament And Prayer
1999, CD, Argo (2)
The Lark Quartet, Aaron Jay Kernis
The Lark Quartet Plays Aaron Jay Kernis
1999, CD, Album, Arabesque Recordings, ,
Contemporary
Aaron Jay Kernis, The Eberli Ensemble
The Four Seasons Of Futurist Cuisine / Before Sleep And Dreams / Air / Meditation
1999, CD, Album, Phoenix USA
Aaron Jay Kernis
Journée Portes Ouvertes A Lorgerie - 13 Juin 1998
1998, CD, Album, Promo, MPO
New York Concert Singers Conductor Judith Clurman, Robert Beaser, Aaron Jay Kernis, Stephen Paulus, Simon Sargon, John Schlenck, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Judith Shatin
Divine Grandeur
1997, CD, Album, New World Records
Aaron Jay Kernis - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Wolff
Second Symphony • Musica Celestis • Invisible Mosaic III
1997, CD, ,
Contemporary
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits
1996, CD, Enh, New Albion, ,
Contemporary
Aaron Jay Kernis, Julie Ann Giacobassi, San Francisco Symphony, Alasdair Neale, Pamela Frank, Paul Neubauer, Carter Brey, Christopher O'Riley
Colored Field / Still Movement With Hymn
1996, CD, ,
Contemporary
Aaron Jay Kernis
Love Scenes
1992, CD, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Aaron Jay Kernis, The Lark Quartet, New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
Symphony In Waves / String Quartet ('Musica Celestis')
1992
Tippet Rise*
Opus 2017 / Daydreams
2018, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, PentaTone
Guy Klucevsek
Free Range Accordion
2000, CD, Album, Starkland

APPEARANCES +


Joshua Bell
Complete Decca Recordings
2024, 14xCD + Box, Comp, Decca,
Classical/Romantic/Modern/Impressionist
Yolanda Kondonassis
Five Minutes For Earth
2022, CD, Album, Azica Records
Jason Vieaux, Escher Quartet*
Dance
2019, CD, Album, Dig, Azica
Jasper String Quartet
The Kernis Project: Debussy
2019, CD, Album, Sono Luminus
Northwestern University Cello Ensemble
Shadow, Echo, Memory
2016, CD, Sono Luminus
Nidarosdomens Jentekor & TrondheimSolistene
Magnificat
2014, Blu-ray, Blu-ray-A, Album, Multichannel, 9.1 + SAC, 2L, ,
Modern
Various
Heaven And Earth, Awake And Sing! • Christmas At St. Olaf 2013
2013, 2xCD, St. Olaf Records, ,
Choral/Holiday
The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum
25 X 25 (25 Premieres For 25 Years)
2013, 2xCD, Soundbrush Records, ,
Contemporary/Choral
Guy Klucevsek, Ain't Nothin' But A Polka Band
Polka From The Fringe
2012, 2xCD, Comp, Starkland, ,
Polka/Experimental
The Jasper String Quartet*
The Kernis Project: Schubert
2012, CD, Sono Luminus
Emanuele Arciuli
'Round Midnight: Hommage to Thelonious Monk
2011, CD, Album, Stradivarius
Volti (2), Robert Geary
Turn The Page (New Directions In American Choral Music)
2010, CD, Album, Innova Recordings
Sachiko Kato
Live At The Phoenix Hall (Piano Works By Japanese And American Contemporary Composers)
2009, CD, Not On Label (Sachiko Kato Self-released)
Various
Cedille Records 20th Anniversary Sampler: Selections From 2005–2009
2009, CD, Promo, Smplr, 24 , Cedille Records
Andrea Lam
Cliburn 2009 Preliminaries
2009, 11xFile, MP3, Van Cliburn Foundation
Donald Berman
Americans In Rome: Music By Fellows Of The American Academy In Rome
2008, 4xCD, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
Modern/Contemporary/Post-Modern
Manuel Barrueco, Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Sounds Of The Americas
2008, CD, Tonar Music
Various
Concert Openers, Fanfares & Encores
2007, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Boosey & Hawkes, ,
Modern/Contemporary
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Monroe Crossing, Philip Brunelle
The World Beloved, A Bluegrass Mass
2007, CD, Enh, Clarion (6), VocalEssence
Seattle Symphony*, Gerard Schwarz
Echoes (Classic Works Transformed)
2007, CD, ,
Contemporary
Marble Sanctuary Choir
With Many Voices
2006, CD, Tuneful Oasis Productions
Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar
American Orchestral Works
2006, CD, Album, Cedille Records
Various
MoMu - Meisterwerke Des 20. Jahrhunderts
2005, 2x CD, ,
Contemporary
Susan Narucki, Alan Feinberg, Nathan Randall
Extraordinary Vistas: Words & Music Of The MacDowell Colony
2003, CD, Album, Americus
Riccardo Giagni
L'ora di religione
2003, CD, Album, Rai Trade
The Wheaton College Concert Choir
Life and Death
2002, CD, Album, College Avenue Arts
Various
2001 Drum Corps International World Championships Buffalo, New York Volumes 1-3
2001, 3xCD, Album, Ltd, Not On Label,
Carlo Boccadoro, Sentieri Selvaggi
Musica Cœlestis
1999, CD, + B, Einaudi, ,
Contemporary
Seth Josel
Long Distance (Music For Classic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin)
1998, CD, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Contemporary/Experimental
David Tanenbaum
David Tanenbaum
1997, CD, Album, New Albion
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
Dance Mix
1995, ,
Modern
Various
Heartbeats: AIDS Quilt Songbook
1994, CD, Innova Recordings
Guy Klucevsek
Manhattan Cascade
1992, CD, ,
Experimental
Jan DeGaetani ; Gilbert Kalish
Songs Of America: On Home, Love, Nature, And Death
1988, CD, ,
Contemporary
Various, Wim Mertens
Stars! Gent Festival Van Vlaanderen
2011, 3xCD, Comp, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics
Various
The NYFA Collection (25 Years Of New York New Music)
2010, 5xCD, Comp, Innova Recordings, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz
Andrew Russo
Dirty Little Secret
2007, CD, Album, Endeavour Classics
Mikrokosmos (2), Loïc Pierre
Paysages
2007, CD, Album, Éditions Jade,
Various
Lollapalooza USA Orchestral Works
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Boosey & Hawkes
Various
Beyond Mozart
2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, The Music Sales Group,
Various
Altrisuoni - Nuove Musiche Per Il 21° Secolo
1997, CD, Comp, Argo (2)
Various
Nouvelle Musique
1996, CD, Comp, Argo (2)
Various
Short Cuts (Breaking The Sound Barrier)
1994, CD, ,
Modern Classical/Minimal/Ambient/Contemporary
Michael Nyman / Various
The Piano Concerto / MGV
1994, CD, CD, ,
Contemporary
Various
Argo Sampler Autumn 1992
1992, CD, Promo, Smplr, Argo (2)
Various
A Quiet Room
CD, Comp, Promo, Music Sales Film & TV, ,
Ambient/Modern Classical/Soundtrack