Biography
Aaron Dessner is an American composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded multiple studio albums, and co-founder of the duo Big Red Machine with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver.
As a film composer he has worked on C'mon C'mon (2021) and Cyrano (2021), both scored with his twin brother Bryce Dessner. Other credits include Transpecos (2016) and The Professor (2019). Dessner has also collaborated extensively as a producer and songwriter, including on Taylor Swift's Folklore (2020) and Evermore (2020). He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1976 and studied at Columbia University.
