Samuel Adams (composer)
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Samuel Adams (born December 30, 1985) is an American composer. He was born in San Francisco, California. He is a recipient of a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Samuel Carl Adams |
| Born | December 30, 1985 |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Genres | Contemporary classical, electronic, electroacoustic |
| Occupations | Composer, sound designer, double bassist |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Website | www |
| Awards: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 2019 | |
Life and career
Adams grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he performed double bass and studied composition and electroacoustics at Stanford University; he later studied with Martin Bresnick. His music draws on his experiences in a diverse array of disciplines including classical forms, microsound, noise, improvised music and field recording.[1]
Adams has received commissions from New World Symphony, San Francisco Symphony,[2][3][4] Carnegie Hall, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and has collaborated with performers such as Emanuel Ax, Sarah Cahill, Karen Gomyo, Jennifer Koh, Anthony Marwood, Joyce Yang and conductors such as David Robertson, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Karina Canellakis, and Michael Tilson Thomas. Adams served as one of Chicago Symphony Orchestra's two composers-in-residence, having been jointly named to the post with Elizabeth Ogonek in 2015,[5] and in 2021 was named composer-in-residence with the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.[6]
He is the son of composer John Adams and photographer Deborah O'Grady.[7]
Notable works
Orchestral and Large Ensemble Works
Chamber works
- Tension Studies for electric guitar, percussion, and electronics (2010 - 2011)
- Quintet with Pillars (2018)
- Violin Diptych (2020)[10]
- Sundial (2021)
- Berceuse (2023)
- Lighthouse (2024)
String Quartets
- String Quartet in Five Movements (2013)
- Quartet Movement (2016)
- Second String Quartet (Current) (2016-2019)
- Third String Quartet (Alma) (2024)
Solo works
- Shade Studies (2014)
- Impromptus (2015)
- Sonatas (2016)
- Violin Diptych (2020)
- Etudes (2023)
Multimedia works
- Lyra (2018-2020)
- Playing Changes (2020-2021)
Discography
- Current (Other Minds Records, 2023)
- Lyra (Earthy Records, 2022)
- Movements (for us and them) (ACO Originals, 2020)
See also
References
External links
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