Thomas Adès

Thomas Adès Conductor

Biography

Born in London in 1971, the composer, conductor, and pianist Thomas Adès studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and music at King’s College, Cambridge. He has written three operas: Powder Her Face (1995), The Tempest (2004), and The Exterminating Angel (2016).

In 2021, the premiere of Dante, a work specifically written for dance, took place in London. His chamber music includes the string quartets Arcadiana (1994) and The Four Quarters (2010), a Piano Quintet (2000), and the clarinet quintet Alchymia (2021). His orchestral works include Asyla (1997), the Violin Concerto Concentric Paths (2005), Tevot (2007), In Seven Days (2008), Polaris (2011), a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2019), Shanty–Over the Sea for strings (2020), Märchentänze for solo violin and piano/orchestra (2021), and Air – Homage to Sibelius for violin and orchestra (2022).

As a conductor, Thomas Adès regularly appears with ensembles such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.

At the Paris Opera: The Dante Project, 2023; The Exterminating Angel, 2024; tours with the Paris Opera Orchestra (San Sebastián, Saint-Jean-de-Luz), 2025.

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