Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British

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and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: '' The Tempest'' (2004), ''Violin Concerto'' (2005), ''

Tevot ''Tevot'' is a one-movement symphony for orchestra by the British composer Thomas Adès. The work was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall. The world premiere was given by the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Simon ...

'' (2007), ''

In Seven Days ''In Seven Days: Concerto for Piano with Moving Image'' is a piano concerto by the British composer Thomas Adès. The work was commissioned by the Southbank Centre and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. It was given its world premiere by the pianist N ...

'' (2008), and ''

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'' (2010).

Biography

Adès was born in London to art historian

Dawn Adès Josephine Dawn Adès, (''née'' Tylden-Pattenson; born 6 May 1943), also known as Dawn Adès, is a British art historian and academic. She is professor emeritus of art history and theory at the University of Essex. Early life and education A ...

and poet

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. His surname is of Syrian Jewish origin. Adès studied piano with Paul Berkowitz and later composition with Robert Saxton at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. After attending University College School, he achieved a double starred first in 1992 at

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, studying with

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and Robin Holloway. He was made Britten Professor of Composition at the

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, and in 2004 was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex. In 2006, Adès entered a civil partnership, later terminated, with Israeli filmmaker and video artist

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. In 2007, a retrospective festival of Adès's work was presented at the Barbican Arts Centre in London and he was the focus of

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's annual contemporary music festival, "Présences", and Helsinki's "Musica Nova" festival. The Barbican festival, "Traced Overhead: The Musical World of Thomas Adès", included the UK premiere of a new work for

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and the

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, ''

''. Journalist Tom Service wrote of the piece, "Of any piece of new music I've heard at its premiere, this is one of the most immediately, richly powerful." In the spring of 2007, '' The Tempest'' returned to the

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. In 2009, Adès was the focus of Stockholm Concert Hall's annual Composer Festival, and in 2010 he was appointed foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. On 8 October 2015, Adès was elected into the Board of Directors of the European Academy of Music Theatre.

Compositions

Orchestral

;'' Asyla'' :for orchestra, commissioned for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) by the John Feeney Charitable Trust, was premiered in Symphony Hall, Birmingham in October 1997 by

and the CBSO. It received its London premiere at the BBC Proms on 15 August 1999 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Composer. This work received the

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Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 2000, making Adès the youngest ever to receive the award. :On 7 September 2002,

gave his first concert as principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with ''Asyla'' and

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's Symphony No. 5, both of which have also been released on CD and DVD by EMI. :''Asyla'' has since been performed across the world, including on a recent tour of the Far East by Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. ;'' America: A Prophecy'' :commissioned for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra's ''Millennium Messages'' in November 1999 and it received its UK premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival in June 2000. A recording of the work is available on EMI Classics (2004). ;'' Concentric Paths'' :Adès's violin concerto received its premiere in September 2005 with a performance by the

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with Anthony Marwood as soloist, which received critical acclaim. ;''

'' :for orchestra, was premiered in Berlin by Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic on 21 February 2007, and received its American premiere as part of the '' Berlin in Lights'' Festival at

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. The work has been hailed as a groundbreaking new work by such critics as

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of ''

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'' and Richard Morrison of ''

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''. ;''

'' :for piano, orchestra, with video installation, was premiered by the

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, conducted by Adès at

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in London on 28 April 2008. Video segment was created by

, Adès's then partner. The work was co-commissioned by the

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and the

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. ;''

'' :for orchestra and five video screens (moving images by

), was written for the opening of

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's New World Arts Center in

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, and premiered by the New World Symphony Orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas on 26 January 2011. The work was co-commissioned by the New World Symphony Orchestra with the

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, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the

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, the

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and the

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, London. ;'' Totentanz'' :for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and large orchestra, commissioned by Robin Boyle and dedicated to Witold Lutosławski and his wife Danuta, was premiered on 7 July 2013 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra as part of that year's BBC Proms. ; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra :for piano and large orchestra, commissioned by the

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and premiered by the BSO and the pianist

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in Symphony Hall, Boston, on 7 March 2019. ;'' The Exterminating Angel Symphony'' :a four movement orchestral rendering of music from the

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, premiered on 4 August 2021 at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham, by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. ;''Air - Homage to Sibelius'' :for violin and orchestra, commissioned by

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for the Lucerne Festival and premiered on 27 August 2022 at the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (KKL) by

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and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Adès.

Operas

;''

Powder Her Face ''Powder Her Face'', Op. 14 (1995), is a chamber opera in two acts by the British composer Thomas Adès, with an English libretto by Philip Hensher. The opera is 100 minutes long. It was commissioned by the Almeida Opera, a part of London's Al ...

'' :Adès's 1995

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with a libretto by Philip Hensher, won both good reviews and notoriety for its musical depiction of fellatio. The opera was commissioned by

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, London, and has since been given new productions around the world. The Duchess depicted in the opera is the Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll whose scandalous behaviour in Britain in the early 1960s was revealed during a divorce trial with the introduction into evidence of photographs of her various sexual acts. Adès's "Concert Paraphrase" on ''Powder Her Face'' for solo piano was premiered by the composer for the Vancouver Recital Society on 14 March 2010 in Vancouver; the work was co-commissioned by the VRS, San Francisco Performances, and the Barbican Centre in London. ;'' The Tempest'' :with a libretto by

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adapted from

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's play, was premiered to critical acclaim at the

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London in February 2004, followed by performances at the Strasbourg Opera and the

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in 2005. Its US premiere was by the Santa Fe Opera in July 2006. The original production was revived by the

London in March 2007 to acclaim. A production by

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, staged by

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and conducted by Johannes Debus in January 2010 was the first in Germany. EMI's recording of the Covent Garden performance of ''The Tempest'' won Adès the title of Composer of the Year in the 2010

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. The Metropolitan Opera, New York, included ''The Tempest'' in its 2012–13 season, conducted by Adès and produced by

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. The same production was seen in Vienna in the summer of 2015. ;'' The Exterminating Angel'' :adapted from Luis Buñuel's 1962 surrealist film '' El ángel exterminador'', was premiered at the 2016

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, and performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,

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, New York and

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, Copenhagen, the four co-commissioners and co-producers of the opera.

Choral music

;''The Fayrfax Carol'' :

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choral composition. Written originally for King's College, Cambridge, 1997, the piece has been recorded by ensembles such as the BBC Singers and also the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus. The work received its U.S. West Coast premiere by International Orange Chorale of San Francisco.

Chamber music

;''Five Eliot Landscapes'' :Adès's first opus, published in 1990. ;''Arcadiana'' :a seven-movement, 20-minute

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(Op. 12), was recorded in 1998 along with other work from the 1993 to 1994 period. ;''Cardiac Arrest'' :a work for chamber ensemble of 7 players. The piece is based on song by Madness. It received its premiere at Meltdown, Purcell Room, London in 1995 by Composers Ensemble. ;''Catch'' :a chamber work for clarinet, piano, violin and violincello. It premiered in 1993 at St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol by Lynsey Marsh, Anthony Marwood, Louise Hopkins and Thomas Adès. ;''Chamber Symphony'' :a work for 15 players, ''Chamber Symphony'' lasts approximately 13 minutes and was given its first performance at the Cambridge Festival of Contemporary Music, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge by Contemporary Music Festival Ensemble under the baton of Thomas Adès in 1991. ;''Concerto Conciso'' :a work for piano and chamber ensemble (10 players). The piece was given its premiere at the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group under Thomas Adès in 1997. ;''Court Studies'' :this chamber work for clarinet, violin, cello and piano lasts approximately 8 minutes and was given its premiere in 2005 at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival by the Composers Ensemble. ;''Four Quarters'' :this string quartet was commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation, and, was premiered in 2011 at Stern Auditorium,

, New York by the Emerson String Quartet. ;''Les baricades mistérieuses'' :for clarinet, bass clarinet, viola, cello and double bass. Written for Wilfred Mellers's 80th birthday, it was first performed at Dartington International Summer School's Great Hall by The Composers Ensemble in 1994. ;''Lieux retrouvés'' :for cello and piano. Co-commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival,

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and Carnegie Hall. First performed at Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk by Steven Isserlis and Thomas Adès in 2009; 2016 BBC Proms UK premiere of version for orchestra ;''Life Story'' :a work for soprano and chamber ensemble of 3 players, ''Life Story ''is set to

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's text. It was written for The Composers Ensemble and received its first performance in 1993 at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge University. ;''

Living Toys ''Living Toys'', Op. 9, is a composition for chamber ensemble by the English composer Thomas Adès. It was written in 1993 as a part of his MPhil portfolio in Composition at Cambridge University and premiered at the Barbican Hall in London under ...

'' :for chamber ensemble of 14 players. The work was commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain for the

. Conducted by Oliver Knussen, the work was premièred in 1994 at the Barbican Hall, London. ;''The Origin of the Harp'' :a chamber ensemble work for 10 players was commissioned by the Halle Orchestra. It began life in 1994 at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester under the baton of the composer himself. ;''Piano Quintet'' :premièred at the 2001 Melbourne Festival, Australia by Thomas Adès (piano) and the Arditti Quartet. Recording of the work with Adès at the piano and the

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(released in 2005 by EMI with Schubert's '' Trout Quintet'' – with Adès and the

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Other musical activities

In 1993, at age 22, Adès gave his first public piano recital in London as part of the Park Lane Group series of recitals. Adès was the first Music Director of the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group from 1998 to 2000. He served as Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival from 1999 to 2008, succeeded in 2009 by the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard. In 2000, he was composer-in-residence of the

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in California (along with Mark-Anthony Turnage), under the artistic direction of Ernest Fleischmann. While there, performances included: * The U.S. West Coast premiere of "Asyla," with Sir Simon Rattle conducting the

* "Darkness Visible" and "Still Sorrowing" performed by pianist Gloria Cheng * "These Premises are Alarmed" conducted by Rattle with the Los Angeles Philharmonic He is also a pianist, having been a runner-up in the BBC's Young Musician of the Year competition in 1990. EMI has released a CD of Adès as a solo performer, "Thomas Adès: Piano", and several CDs as an accompanist, frequently with Ian Bostridge, Steven Isserlis and others. As a student Adès was a percussionist, at one point playing percussion in

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's " Les noces" under Sir Simon Rattle. He was resident with the

during their 2005/6 and 2006/7 seasons as part of the orchestra's "On Location" series at

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and other locations. Adés is the Deborah and Philip Edmundson artistic partner with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held for three years, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, and 2020/2021. The position was created specifically for him.

Recordings

DVD *''Powder Her Face'' was made into a film by

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and shown on Christmas Day 1999 in the UK. The film was released on DVD in the UK for Christmas 2005, including a documentary film about Adès made by Gerald Fox at around the same time. It is also available in the US. *''Asyla'' (along with Mahler's 5th Symphony) formed Sir

's opening concert with the Berlin Philharmonic. The two concerts given were recorded and released as a DVD in 2002. *"The Tempest": the Metropolitan Opera production from 2012, conducted by Adès, was issued on DG. Prospero: Simon Keenlyside; Ariel: Audrey Luna; Caliban: Alan Oke; Miranda: Isabel Leonard; Ferdinand: Alek Shrader; King of Naples: William Burden; Antonio: Tony Spence; Stefano: Kevin Burdette; Trinculo: Iestyn Davies; Sebastian: Christopher Feigum; Gonzalo: John Del Carlo. The production was by Robert Lepage. Audio CD as composer *''Life Story'' (1997) *''

'' (1998) *''Asyla'' (1999) *''Powder Her Face'' (1999) *''America'' (2004) *''Adès/ Schubert:'' ''Piano Quintets'' (2005) *''Violin Concerto'' (2007), download release. *''The Tempest'' (2009) *''Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies from Couperin, Dances from Powder Her Face'' (2010) *''Thomas Adès: Anthology'' (2011) including ''Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face'' and ''Three Mazurkas'' *''In Seven Days'' (Signum Classics, Nicholas Hodges, Rolf Hind, Thomas Adès, 2011) *''Polaris'' (2012), download release. *''Lieux retrouvés'' (Hyperion, Steven Isserlis, Thomas Adès, 2012) as performer *''Cello World'' (with Steven Isserlis) (1998) *''Thomas Adès: Piano'' (2000) * Janáček: ''

The Diary of One Who Disappeared ''Zápisník zmizelého'', or ''(The) Diary of One Who Disappeared'', is a half-hour Czech-language quasi-operatic song cycle for tenor, alto, three other women's voices and piano completed in 1919 by Leoš Janáček. Of its 22 sections, 18 are f ...

'' (with Ian Bostridge) (2002) *''The Music of

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'', vol.4 (2004) *''Stravinsky: Complete Music for Violin and Piano'' (Hyperion, Thomas Adès/Anthony Marwood, 2010)

References

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Operas

Choral music

Chamber music

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