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John Adams

voc, p, *1947 US, Worcester, Massachusetts
Composer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. John Coolidge Adams

John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer of classical music and opera, with strong roots in minimalism.His works include Harmonielehre (1985), Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986), On the Transmigration of Souls (2002), a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003), and Shaker Loops (1978), a minimalist four-movement work for strings.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Piano
  • Keyboards
  • Synthesizer
Genres
  • Classical
  • Electronic
  • Soundtrack
Popular Tracks   
If I Ain't Got You - Acoustic on If I Ain't Got You by John Adams
Believe - Acoustic on Believe by John Adams
You’re Beautiful - Acoustic on You’re Beautiful by John Adams
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Acoustic on Have I Told You Lately That I Love You by John Adams
Bohemian Rhapsody - Acoustic on Bohemian Rhapsody by John Adams
What’s Up - Acoustic on What’s Up by John Adams
A Million Dreams - Acoustic on A Million Dreams by John Adams
Lover - Acoustic on Lover by John Adams
Fix You - Acoustic on Fix You by John Adams
Dancing In the Dark - Acoustic on Dancing In the Dark by John Adams

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Violin ConcertoJohn Adams, Leila Josefowicz, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson2018Album
Naive And Sentimental Music / Absolute JestJohn Adams, Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian2018Album
Doctor AtomicJohn Adams2018Album
Adams Piano MusicJohn Adams, Jeroen van Veen2017Album
Violin ConcertosErich Wolfgang Korngold, John Adams, Ilya Gringolts, Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Julien Salemkour2017Album
American BerserkJohn Adams2017Album
Symphony No.10 / The Dharma At Big SurPhilip Glass, John Adams, Chloë Hanslip, Aurora Orchestra, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Nicholas Collon, Eric Stern2016Album
Scheherazade.2John Adams ; Leila Josefowicz, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson2016Album
Scheherazade.2John Adams ; Leila Josefowicz, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson2016Album
El NiñoJohn Adams - Joélle Harvey, Jennifer Johnson, Aubrey Allicock, Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Brian Cummings, Markus Stenz2016Album
Violin ConcertosRoy Harris • John Adams – Tamsin Waley-Cohen2016Album
Concerti IIIFrancis Poulenc, Colin McPhee, John Adams, GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, Trio Mediæval, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin2016Album
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola MusicThe San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Adams2015Album
American GraceOrli Shaham, Steven Mackey, John Adams2014Album
The Gospel According To The Other MaryJohn Adams - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel2014Album
City Noir / Saxophone ConcertoJohn Adams, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson2014Album
City Noir / Saxophone ConcertoJohn Adams, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson2014Album
Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Short Ride In A Fast MachineJohn Adams, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian2013Album
Fellow Traveler (The Complete String Quartet Works Of John Adams)Attacca Quartet, John Adams2013Album
If You Love For BeautySasha Cooke, The Colburn Orchestra, Yehuda Gilad - John Adams / Ernest Chausson / Georg Friedrich Händel / Gustav Mahler2012Album
Nixon In ChinaJohn Adams2012Album
Harmonielehre / Short Ride In A Fast MachineJohn Adams2012Album
Son Of Chamber Symphony / String QuartetJohn Adams – International Contemporary Ensemble / St. Lawrence String Quartet2011Album
John Adams PortraitAngèle Dubeau & La Pietà, Louise Bessette, John Adams2011Album
The Dharma At Big SurJohn Adams, Leila Josefowicz, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra2010Single
Le Divin Poème / Tetra / Harmonielehre / Century RollsLithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Juozas Domarkas, Petras Geniušas - Alexander Scriabine / Osvaldas Balakauskas / John Adams2010Album
China Gates, Phrygian Gates; Orphée Suite for PianoJohn Adams, Philip Glass / David Jalbert2010Album
The Dharma At Big SurLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, John Adams, Leila Josefowicz, William Kraft, Joseph Pereira, Leonard Rosenman2010Album
I Am Love SoundtrackJohn Adams2010Album
American CounterpointJohn Adams, John Cage, Conlon Nancarrow2009Album
Shaker Loops / The Chairman DancesJohn Adams2009Compil.
Nixon In ChinaThe Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, John Adams, Robert Orth, Maria Kanyova, Thomas Hammons, Marc Heller, Tracy Dahl, Ye Yuan Cheng, Opera Colorado Chorus2009Album
Doctor Atomic SymphonyJohn Adams / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Conducted By David Robertson2009Album
TransmigrationRobert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Atlanta Symphony Chorus / John Adams, Samuel Barber, John Corigliano, Jennifer Higdon / Nmon Ford2009Album
Artist Profile SeriesRalph van Raat, John Adams / John Tavener / Magnus Lindberg / Frederic Rzewski2009Album
String PoeticJennifer Koh, Reiko Uchida, Jennifer Higdon, John Adams, Carl Ruggles, Lou Harrison2008Album
A Flowering TreeJohn Adams2008Album
Grand Pianola Music • Shaker Loops • Short Ride In A Fast MachineJohn Adams - The London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, Sir Simon Rattle2008Compil.
Hallelujah JunctionJohn Adams2008Compil.
A Flowering TreeJohn Adams2008Album
HarmonielehreJohn Adams - Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson2008Album
Doctor AtomicJohn Adams2008Album
Complete Piano MusicJohn Adams, Ralph van Raat2007Album
Violin Concerto - Red Violin 'Chaconne'John Adams, John Corigliano, Chloë Hanslip, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2006Album
Piano Works: Four Pieces & Phrygian GatesFrederic Rzewski & John Adams - Emanuele Arciuli2006Album
The Dharma At Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles IvesJohn Adams2006Album
Road MoviesJohn Adams - Andrew Russo, James Ehnes2005Album
UntitledŽivilė Karkauskaitė - John Adams, György Ligeti, Olivier Messiaen2005Album
Dialogue Baroque - MinimalJohann Sebastian Bach / John Adams / Steve Reich - Festival Strings Lucerne, Achim Fiedler2005Album
I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The SkyJohn Adams2005Album
Shaker Loops • Short Ride In A Fast Machine • The Wound Dresser • Berceuse ÉlégiaqueJohn Adams, Nathan Gunn, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop2004Album
Road MoviesJohn Adams2004Album
On The Transmigration Of SoulsJohn Adams2004Album
Johan de Meij Symphony No. 2 The Big Apple (A New York Symphony) John Adams Slonimsky's EarboxJohan de Meij, John Adams, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Jurjen Hempel2003Album
Naive And Sentimental MusicJohn Adams - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen2002Album
Short Ride In A Fast Machine • The Chairman Dances • Harmonium / De SnelheidJohn Adams / Louis Andriessen2002Album
Tromba Lontana, Violin Concerto, The Wound DresserJohn Adams With BBC Symphony Orchestra2002Album
El NiñoJohn Adams - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dawn Upshaw, Willard White, Kent Nagano2001Album
Shifting LandscapesJohn Adams / Lepo Sumera2001Album
shifting landscapesKristjan Järvi, Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlands Opera, John Adams, Lepo Sumera2001Album
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer ChorusesJohn Adams2000Album
Century Rolls / Lollapalooza / Slonimsky's EarboxJohn Adams2000Album
Americans! - XXth Century Piano Music Of American ComposersEmanuele Arciuli, John Adams - Samuel Barber - George Crumb - Joel Hoffman - John Cage - Frederic Rzewski2000Album
China Gates / Phrygian GatesJohn Adams - Jay Gottlieb1999Album
Fearful Symmetries / Chamber Symphony / Four Songs / Christian Zeal And ActivityJohn Adams - Orchestre Philharmonique De Montpellier1999Album
Violin ConcertosJohn Adams & Philip Glass - Robert McDuffie, Christoph Eschenbach, Houston Symphony Orchestra1999Album
American ClarinetElliott Carter - Steve Reich - Howard Sandroff - John Adams / Alain Damiens - André Trouttet - Ensemble Intercontemporain - David Robertson1999Album
Harmonium, The Wound-DresserJohn Adams1999Album
The John Adams EarboxJohn Adams1999Compil.
John Adams / Shaker LoopsJohn Adams, Steve Reich, Philip Glass1998Compil.
China Gates / Phrygian GatesJohn Adams - Jay Gottlieb1998Album
Piano Music Of John Adams & Terry RileyJohn Adams & Terry Riley - Gloria Cheng1998Album
Gnarly Buttons & John's Book Of Alleged DancesJohn Adams, London Sinfonietta & Kronos Quartet1998Album
I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The SkyJohn Adams1998Album
Gates BeyondPeter Waters - John Adams, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie1997Album
East Of Eden / Rebel Without A CauseLeonard Rosenman, John Adams & London Sinfonietta1997Album
Chamber Symphony / Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates For Solo PianoJohn Adams, Ensemble Modern1997Album
El DoradoJohn Adams1996Album
The Desert Music, Shaker LoopsSteve Reich, John Adams1996Album
Violin Concerto / Shaker LoopsJohn Adams - Gidon Kremer, The London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano - Orchestra Of St. Luke's1996Album
El DoradoJohn Adams1996Album
Harmonium / The BellsJohn Adams, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Renée Fleming, Karl Dent, Victor Ledbetter - Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Atlanta Symphony Chorus1996Album
Nixon In China (Extraits)John Adams / Edo de Waart1996Album
Grand Pianola Music / Short Ride In A Fast Machine / Are You Experienced? / Under OrpheusStephen Mosko, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble - John Adams / David Lang1995Album
The Ultimate MinimalSteve Reich / Philip Glass / John Adams1995Compil.
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola MusicJohn Adams - London Sinfonietta1994Album
Harmonielehre · The Chairman Dances · Tromba Lontana · Short Ride In A Fast MachineJohn Adams - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle1994Album
Hoodoo ZephyrJohn Adams1993Album
American ClassicsGeorge Gershwin · Duke Ellington · Leonard Bernstein · John Adams · Hollywood Bowl Orchestra - John Mauceri1993Album
The Death Of KlinghofferJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1992Album
American ElegiesJohn Adams Conducts Orchestra Of St. Luke's With Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley1991Album
Transatlantic PianoJohn McCabe Plays John Adams, Richard Rodney Bennett, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, George Rochberg, André Previn1991Album
Helps/Adams/Brief/SessionsChristopher O'Riley - Robert Helps, John Adams, Todd Brief, Roger Sessions1990Album
MinimalistThe London Chamber Orchestra - John Adams / Philip Glass / Steve Reich / Dave Heath1990Album
Harmonielehre For Orchestra / Concerto For Violin And OrchestraJohn Adams, Ladislav Kubík1989Album
Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-DresserJohn Adams - Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Sanford Sylvan1989Album
Night Fantasies / Phrygian Gates / Six TangosUrsula Oppens, Elliott Carter, John Adams1989Album
Nixon In China (An Opera In Three Acts)John Adams / Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo de Waart1988Album
Music From Nixon In ChinaJohn Adams1988Album
Music From Nixon In ChinaJohn Adams1988Album
strip this heartJohn Adams1987Single
The Chairman DancesJohn Adams1987Album
Strip This HeartJohn Adams1987Single
Shaker Loops / Light Over WaterJohn Adams1987Compil.
Light Over WaterJohn Adams1985Album
HarmonielehreJohn Adams - The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra1985Album
Grand Pianola / Eight LinesJohn Adams / Steve Reich / Solisti New York / Ransom Wilson1984Album
Variations For Winds, Strings And Keyboards / Shaker LoopsSteve Reich / John Adams1984Album
HarmoniumJohn Adams, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Chorus1984Album
Available Light / Light Over WaterJohn Adams1983Album
Shaker Loops / Phrygian GatesJohn Adams1980Album
Ensemble PiecesChristopher Hobbs / John Adams / Gavin Bryars1975Album
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