Aaron Dessner
SoundBorn Apr 23, 1976
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Aaron Brooking Dessner is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine, teaming with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon; and a collaborator on Taylor Swift's studio albums Folklore and Evermore, both of which contended for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 and 2022, respectively, with the former winning the accolade.
Known For
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
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FireAid Benefit Concert
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The Grammys
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Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
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Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
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Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
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All of This Unreal Time
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
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Mistaken for Strangers
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Mistaken for Strangers
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C'mon C'mon
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I Am Easy to Find
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Filmography
2025FireAid Benefit Concertas Selfmovie2024Dandelionas Original Music Composermovie2024The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festivalmovie2024The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024movie2023Buke & Gaseas Selfmovie2023The National - Live at Bearsville Theatermovie2022Really Good Rejectsmovie2021Jockeyas Original Music Composermovie2021Cyranoas Musicmovie2021C'mon C'monas Original Music Composermovie2021All of This Unreal Timeas Musicmovie2020Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessionsas Executive Producermovie2019The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatreas Selfmovie2019The National - Live From Pukkelpop 2019as Selfmovie2019The National - Live From Ypsigrock 2019as Selfmovie2019Death is Elsewheremovie2019The Professoras Original Music Composermovie2019I Am Easy to Findas Musicmovie2017The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 2017as Selfmovie2017The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera Houseas Selfmovie2017The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudsonmovie2016Transpecosas Original Music Composermovie2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Selftv2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonas Selftv2014The National - Live at Sydney Opera Houseas Selfmovie2013The Hunger Games: Catching Fireas Songsmovie2013Mistaken for Strangersas Musicmovie2013A Lot of Sorrowas Selfmovie2010The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Musicas Selfmovie2010Out of a Forestas Musicmovie2009Live from the Artists Denas Selftv2008A Skin, A Nightas Selfmovie2005The National - Live at El Castell Embruixatmovie2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!as Self - Musical Guesttv1975Saturday Night Liveas Self - Guest Musician (uncredited)tv1959The Grammysas Selftv