About
John Adams, one of America’s most admired and respected composers, is a musician of enormous range and technical command.
His groundbreaking compositions include Harmonielehre, Chamber Symphony, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, and the Graweymeyer-winning Violin Concerto, as well as the stage works Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, El Niño, A Flowering Tree, and Doctor Atomic. On the Transmigration of Souls, a tribute to the victims of the World Trade Center attacks, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and won three GRAMMYs, including Best Classical Contemporary Composition.
Adams is an active conductor: as a guest in the U.S. and Europe he has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and London Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Adams has also received critical acclaim for his creative programming at the most important music venues in the world. As the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall from 2003-07, Adams conducted the first public concert in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and founded the annual “In Your Ear” festival. In 2006, he curated the hugely popular “Minimalist Jukebox” for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Adams has also served as Music Director of the Cabrillo Festival and Creative Chair of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and is currently Creative Chair of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The official John Adams website is www.earbox.com. The music of John Adams is published by Boosey & Hawkes and Associated Music Publishers.
