Bio

Contemporary Solo Pianist Dan Kennedy has performed in 21 U.S. states, and Québec province. Since his Ackerman-produced EP LANTERN was released in 2007, Dan has received play on 250 radio stations, and 660,000 internet spins. Winner of a 2022 Global Music Award, plus the 2019 Enlightened Piano Radio Album of the Year, his recordings have spent as many as 7 consecutive months on the ZMR Top 100. Classically trained as well as a member of Whisperings, AN ENCHANTED NOËL is his 7th album. Dan resides in an 1860 farmhouse in rural Massachusetts. “Music reminds us to make room for joy. Let’s go there — again.”


"Each track comes with a unique freshness embedded into it."   -Blue Wolf Reviews

  

 

Selected Concerts

Art Association of Harrisburg | Harrisburg, PA 
ARTS/West | Athens, OH 
Ashintully Gardens | Tyringham, MA 
Avonova | Oakland, CA 
Brandon Music | Brandon, VT 
Nights of a 1000 Candles | Murrells Inlet, SC 
Corning Opera House | Corning, IA 
Creamery Arts Center | Springfield, MO 
Cultural Center of Cape Cod | S. Yarmouth, MA 
Delaney House | Holyoke, MA
Field Farm | Williamstown, MA (with Stephen Katz)
First Night | Hartford, CT 
Gateway City Arts | Holyoke, MA 
Lopez Center | Lopez Island, WA 
M. Steinert & Sons | Boston, MA 
Naumkeag @ Night | Stockbridge, MA 
Nordica Auditorium | UMAINE Farmington 
Norris Hot Springs | Norris, MT 
St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts | Berlin, NH 
Steinway Piano Gallery | Nashville, TN 
The Academy of Music Theatre | Northampton, MA 
The Acoustic Coffeehouse | Johnson City, TN 
The Wayside Inn | Sudbury, MA
Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater | Snohomish, WA 
Tower Hill Botanic Garden | Boylston, MA
Whisperings Discovery Concert | Atlanta, GA
Willits Community Theatre | Willits, CA 
Worcester Art Museum | Worcester, MA

accolades

•SoloPiano.com 2022 Holiday & Seasonal Album of the Year, runner-up
•Bronze Medal, Global Music Awards, 2022
•#37 Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio track of 2022
•#7 on an international New Age Music Chart, 12/22
•#38 Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio track of 2021
Enlightened Piano Radio 2019 Album of the Year 
•One World Music Top 100 Chart 
•Zone Music Reporter Top 100 Chart 
•selection, 2016 SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival  
•Music Choice Soundscapes channel chart 
•nominated, 2015 Album of the Year Award, OWM 
•The ZMR #44 New Age album of 2015 
•Nomination, OWM 2016 People's Choice Award 
•Gaia Prime Radio’s Top 20 of 2018 

•NAR Top 100 Chart 
•10 Best of 2012 by New Age Music World 
•Reviews New Age Video of the Month 
•an Audiosyncracy Best of 2012 album