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Aaron Dessner Biography

Aaron Dessner is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on April 23, 1976 in Cincinnati, Cincinnati, United States. For the Sleep Well Beast sessions, amplifiers used include a 1959 Fender Champ, a 1960s Fender Princeton, a 1970s Music Man, and Ampeg Gemini, and a Fender Bassman.

Dessner and his twin brother Bryce were childhood friends with Bryan Devendorf. In 1998, after Dessner’s earlier band, Project Nim, broke up, Devendorf invited the brothers to join his band The National. With Devendorf and the Dessner brothers were Scott Devendorf, Bryan’s older brother, and Matt Berninger. The band’s self-titled first album was released in 2001 on Brassland Records, a label Dessner co-founded along with his brother Bryce and Alec Hanley Bemis. The band’s second album, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers, was released in 2003, also on Brassland.

In 2007, the band released their fourth album, Boxer, also through Beggars Banquet. Upon release, the album received widespread critical acclaim, and was named to “album of the year” lists. Several songs from the album appeared in TV shows and movies. In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama used an instrumental version of the song “Fake Empire” in a presidential campaign video.

Dessner is a frequent collaborator with a wide range of musicians, including his brother and bandmate Bryce Dessner. In August 2008, Aaron and Bryce performed a collaborative concert with David Cossin, and Luca Tarantino as a part of Soundres, an international residency program for contemporary music and art in Salento, Italy and at the Guitare Au Palais Festival Perpignan France. They also performed at Matthew Ritchie’s Ghost Operator opening at the White Cube Gallery in London. Aaron and Bryce have also collaborated with many world-renowned orchestras. Most recently the brothers played with the Copenhagen Philharmonic in a concert billed as “Sixty Minutes Of The Dessners.” The program included “St. Carolyn by the Sea,” “Lachrimae” and “Raphael,” all of which were composed by Bryce Dessner. Bryce and Aaron have also performed “St. Carolyn by the Sea” and “Raphael” with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta during the Holland Festival. These performances took place at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam and Muziekgebouw Frits Philips in Eindhoven. In October 2011, Dessner joined his brother Bryce to perform “St. Carolyn by the Sea” with the American Composers Orchestra at The World Financial Center in New York City.

Dessner grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio with his twin brother, Bryce Dessner. He graduated from Cincinnati Country Day School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1994 and from Columbia College at Columbia University in 1998.

NameAaron Dessner
First NameAaron
Last NameAaron
OccupationComposer
BirthdayApril 23
Birth Year1976
Place of BirthCincinnati
Home TownCincinnati
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignTaurus
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SiblingsBryce Dessner
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Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 2009, Aaron and Bryce Dessner produced an extensive AIDS charity compilation, Dark Was the Night, for the Red Hot Organization. The record features exclusive recordings and collaborations from a long list of artists including David Byrne, The Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Feist, Sharon Jones, Cat Power, Grizzly Bear, My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists, Bon Iver, Conor Oberst, and Spoon. Dark Was the Night has raised over 2 million dollars for AIDS charities as of January 2012. In 2009, Dessner contributed a track to the Dark Was the Night compilation. This track, “Big Red Machine”, was co-written with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, and was also featured in the 2010 film, “Last Minutes with ODEN,” a short documentary that later went on to win the overall Best Video Award at the first annual Vimeo Awards ceremony.

Aaron Dessner Net Worth

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

Dessner often plays a 1965 Gibson Firebird purchased on eBay and refurbished. During the Sleep Well Beast recording sessions, he used the Firebird as well as a 1972 Fender Telecaster. During live shows, Dessner usually plays the Firebird and a 1963 Fender Jazzmaster.

Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as a member of the rock band The National, and co-founder of Big Red Machine with Justin Vernon in 2016 based on a song they wrote of the same name for compilation Dark Was the Night in 2008. Dessner writes the majority of the music for The National, collaborating on songwriting with singer Matt Berninger.

After some critical success with Sad Songs, the band signed with Beggars Banquet Records. With the new label, they released their third studio album, Alligator, in 2005. The album received a positive response from critics, which exposed the band to a larger audience.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeComposer
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

The Long Count was a large commission for the BAM Next Wave Festival in 2009. Dessner and his brother, Bryce, worked alongside visual artist Matthew Ritchie, creating a work loosely based on the Mayan creation story Popol Vuh. The work included a 12-piece orchestra and a number of guest singers, including Kim and Kelley Deal (The Breeders, The Pixies), Matt Berninger (The National), Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond), and Tunde Adebimpe (TV On The Radio). The work had its world premiere at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in September 2009 as part of the Ellnora Festival. It has since been performed at BAM, the Holland Festival and the Barbican.

Following the success of Boxer, the band began collaborating with other artists on various songs and compilation albums. In 2009, the band participated in Dark Was the Night, a charity album to benefit the Red Hot Organization. That same year, they recorded a song for the album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, to help support Polaris frontman Mark Mulcahy who had recently lost his wife.

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On May 3, 2009, 4AD and Red Hot produced Dark Was the Night – Live, a concert celebrating the newest Red Hot album. The show took place at Radio City Music Hall and featured several of the artists that contributed to the compilation.

In December 2012, Dessner curated a day of Other Voices, an Irish music festival that aired live on RTÉ Two in Ireland. The performances took place in the Church of St James in Dingle, County Kerry. Dessner brought three bands to Other Voices: Luluc, This Is The Kit and Local Natives. He performed with all three bands.

Who is Aaron Dessner Dating?

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In 2010, the band released High Violet, their fifth full-length album. The album saw both critical and commercial success, debuting at No. 3 on US charts, and going on to sell over 850,000 copies worldwide.

Facts & Trivia

Aaron Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Aaron Dessner celebrates birthday on April 23 of every year.

In March 2012, Dessner, Scott Devendorf and Bryan Devendorf teamed up with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir for a live webcast, which featured two musical sets and a political discussion. The event was produced by Head Count, a non-partisan organization that uses live music events to promote voter registration and awareness.

How did Taylor Swift meet Aaron Dessner?

Swift had been a fan of Dessner’s long-running indie-rock band, the National, and she contacted him out of the blue as the pandemic shutdown was beginning. “One night I was just sitting at dinner,” Dessner recalled, “and I got a text saying, ‘This is Taylor. Would you ever be up for collaborating remotely with me? ‘

Does Aaron Dessner have a twin?

Personal life. Dessner grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio with his twin brother, Bryce Dessner.

Where does Aaron Dessner live?

Dessner and his family were able to relocate to their home in upstate New York as lockdown orders went into effect, and the musician soon settled into a groove of homeschooling his kids and focusing fully on music in a way he hadn’t in a while, due to the National’s regularly rigorous touring schedule.

How old is Aaron Dessner?

46 years (April 23, 1976)

What songs did Aaron Dessner write with Taylor Swift?

In addition to co-producing ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’, Dessner also co-produced multiple of the bonus “From the Vault” tracks that appear on Swift’s re-recorded versions of ‘Fearless’ and ‘Red’ that arrived last year.

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