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Kevin Kern (born Kevin Lark Gibbs on December 22, 1958) is an American pianist, composer and recording artist of New Age music. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is now generally recognized as a representative of the New Age style. Born legally blind, Kern is aided in studio by SONAR’s accessibility and Dancing Dots’ assistive music technologies for the vision impaired.
Biography
Kevin was found playing "Silent Night" on the piano at 18 months of age. He started learning the piano regularly at 4 and began writing music at 8. At 14, he put on performances with the music group he founded called "The Well-Tempered Clavichord". Despite his poor vision (he's been legally blind since birth), he was still determined to be a pianist.
His first performance in Asia was in Taiwan, in 2002.
He has released nine albums, including a compilation album, and two songbooks, and is working on a new album. He also has released a Japan-only CD and songbook.
Kern is married to Pamela Gibbs, who has helped him on his albums and plays the rainstick on The Winding Path; Kern mentions her in the credits in his later albums.
