John Adams
Born: 15th February 1947, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A
Nationality: American
John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, many of which center around historical events. Apart from opera, his oeuvre includes orchestral, concertante, vocal, choral, chamber, electroacoustic, and piano music.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Adams grew up in a musical family and was exposed to classical music, jazz, musical theatre, and rock music. He attended Harvard University, studying with Leon Kirchner, Roger Sessions, and David Del Tredici, among others.
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Marin Alsop on John Adams
8th Apr 2024
The conductor talks about her latest album on Naxos of three virtuosic orchestral pieces by John Adams with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, including the premiere recording of a work dedicated to her.
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John Adams's Doctor Atomic, conducted by the composer
29th Jun 2018
John Adams conducts Gerald Finley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the first audio recording of his 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic.
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- A Flowering Tree (3)
- Absolute Jest (3)
- Am I in Your Light? (3)
- American Berserk (2001) (11)
- Batter My Heart (from Doctor Atomic) (2)
- Berceuse élégiaque (1)
- Century Rolls (2)
- Chain to the Rhythm (1)
- Chamber Symphony (7)
- Chamber Symphony - Mongrel Airs (1)
- China Gates (43)
- Choruses from The Death of Klinghoffer (1)
- Christian Zeal and Activity (4)
- City Noir (8)
- Common Tones in Simple Time (4)
- Consuelo's Dream (4)
- Doctor Atomic (3)
- Doctor Atomic Symphony (3)
- El Dorado (2)
- El Niño (2)
- Eros Piano (4)
- Fearful Symmetries (3)
- Fellow Traveler (1)
- Girls of the Golden West (1)
- Gnarly Buttons for clarinet & ensemble (5)
- Grand Pianola Music (9)
- Guide to Strange Places (2)
- Hallelujah Junction (23)
- Harmonielehre (15)
- Harmonium (4)
- Hoodoo Zephyr (4)
- I Still Play (3)
- I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky (3)
- John's Book of Alleged Dances (8)
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: 5 Pages (1)
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: She's so fine (Pavane) (1)
- Le livre de Baudelaire (after Debussy) (1)
- Light Over Water (1)
- Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance (1)
- Lollapalooza (9)
- Mother of the Man (1)
- Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? (1)
- My Father Knew Charles Ives (5)
- Naive and Sentimental Music (3)
- Nixon in China (2)
- Nixon in China - Highlights (1)
- On The Transmigration of Souls (3)
- Pat's Aria (from Nixon in China) (3)
- Phrygian Gates for solo piano (21)
- Road Movies for violin & piano (14)
- Roll Over Beethoven (2)
- Saxophone Concerto (3)
- Scheherazade.2 (4)
- Scratchband (1)
- Shaker Loops (18)
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine (35)
- Slonimsky's Earbox (6)
- Son of Chamber Symphony (3)
- Strange and Sacred Noise (1)
- String Quartet (2)
- The Chairman Dances (13)
- The Death of Klinghoffer (1)
- The Dharma at Big Sur (2)
- The Gospel According To The Other Mary (4)
- The Wound-Dresser (10)
- This is Prophetic (2)
- Tromba Lontana (7)
- Violin Concerto (8)
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
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Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Orchestral
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The John Adams Edition
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, John Adams, Alan Gilbert, Gustavo Dudamel, Kirill Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Orchestral Performance
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Coming soon. John Adams: Piano, Vocal and Chamber Works (road Movies; I Still Play; Short Ride in A Fast Machine)
Ralph van Raat (piano), Laura Bohn, Rosanne Philippens, Maarten van Veen
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Coming soon. Lorin Maazel: The Complete Warner Edition
Lorin Maazel
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