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Fact file
| Year of birth | 1947 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Period | Contemporary |
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AmsterdamSunday morning concert: Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Glière, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Adams, Gershwin, Copland, Shostakovich
Arjan Tien; Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine; Bart Claessens; Jan Bouman
Santiago de CompostelaJugando con Beethoven
Clyne, Adams, Beethoven
Real Filharmonía de Galicia; Paul Daniel; Cuarteto Quiroga
VigoJugando con Beethoven
Clyne, Adams, Beethoven
Real Filharmonía de Galicia; Paul Daniel; Cuarteto Quiroga
La CoruñaJugando con Beethoven
Clyne, Adams, Beethoven
Real Filharmonía de Galicia; Paul Daniel; Cuarteto Quiroga
GlasgowNixon in China
Adams: Nixon in China
Joana Carneiro; John Fulljames; Scottish Opera; Dick Bird; Hye-Youn Lee; Julia Sporsén
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A tale of two halves as Jess Gillam makes her Hallé debut
Intense lyricism bridges the gap between John Adams and Rachmaninov, but debutant Kazuki Yamada struggles to link the two.
Angels, devils, rites and Python: the LA Phil in London
The LA Phil give us plenty of excitement in Stravinsky and Sousa and an orchestral surprise packet from Ginastera; Yuja Wang's superb pianism isn't enough to lift a disappointing Adams concerto.
Jakub Hrůša leads TCO in John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls
A brilliant programming decision paired Adams’s 9/11 memorial with Mahler’s life-affirming Symphony no. 4, with the fine soprano Joelle Harvey as soloist.
City Noir: BSO impresses at The Anvil
Music across a century from two different cultural spaces made for a fascinating journey with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits as superb guides.
Leila Josefowicz dazzles in thorny Scheherazade.2
Conductor-composer John Adams put his own work in conversation with Ravel and Stravinsky.
List of works
Absolute Jest, for string quartet and orchestraChina GatesCity NoirEcho of ElementsEl NiñoGrand Pianola MusicHarmonielehreHarmonium, for chorus and orchestraI Still PlayI was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the skyJohn's Book of Alleged DancesLola Montez Does the Spider DanceMust the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?Nixon in ChinaRoad MoviesSaxophone ConcertoShort Ride in a Fast MachineSon of Chamber SymphonyString Quartet no.2The Chairman DancesThe Chairman Dances (Martins)The Dharma at Big Sur
