Jeremy Kittel

Jeremy Kittel is an American violinist, fiddler, and composer. He received a Grammy nomination for "Best Instrumental Composition” in 2019 alongside John Williams and Terence Blanchard. Fluent in multiple musical genres, he composes original music that draws from a wide variety of influences including folk, jazz, Celtic, Classical, electronic, and more.


Kittel performs with his group <a href="spotify:artist:3SMwTQsbZGsqYnMaVXadmp" data-name="Kittel &amp; Co.">Kittel &amp; Co.</a>, as a soloist with orchestras, and in collaborative and supporting roles with many of today’s leading artists. In demand as a composer and arranger, he has worked with <a href="spotify:artist:40CfCtMnEXvvCKk8J1DniP" data-name="Abigail Washburn">Abigail Washburn</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2ka8z2lwkcp13fG8Wyv3xU" data-name="Béla Fleck">Béla Fleck</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:43O3c6wewpzPKwVaGEEtBM" data-name="My Morning Jacket">My Morning Jacket</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1f3ubTd6eyxuy30ddDJQQa" data-name="Aoife O&#39;Donovan">Aoife O&#39;Donovan</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2a4lU7F8toqKpb5v6Ftqya" data-name="Theo Katzman">Theo Katzman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1lMaDSraU3oiNUsVWJLHdF" data-name="Jars Of Clay">Jars Of Clay</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5Dl3HXZjG6ZOWT5cV375lk" data-name="Yo-Yo Ma">Yo-Yo Ma</a> and the <a href="spotify:artist:5ZwvWOcjjYC5gHX2NKyxBl" data-name="Silkroad Ensemble">Silkroad Ensemble</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0eRbECAGCLLiTyVXPBRexU" data-name="Jon Batiste">Jon Batiste</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0jkK3K1ATFFHofEWjd2i00" data-name="Laura Veirs">Laura Veirs</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1FDE7zZ6jmP8HHb9ej3mek" data-name="Sara Watkins">Sara Watkins</a>, and the Grammy-winning <a href="spotify:artist:5ofemHoNWTjeADvzFTAhy2" data-name="Turtle Island String Quartet">Turtle Island String Quartet</a> (of which he was a member for five years). He has also recorded with artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:7jkhwa4XMe9XSt1r0AWNqD" data-name="Edgar Meyer">Edgar Meyer</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1dyGPAYZZHHW6WIqwKN5QF" data-name="Chris Thile">Chris Thile</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4EVpmkEwrLYEg6jIsiPMIb" data-name="Fleet Foxes">Fleet Foxes</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5bepW5vcdRzheNc0F8lHJ5" data-name="Esperanza Spalding">Esperanza Spalding</a>.