Adès (surname)
* Thomas Adès (born 1971) is a British composer Adès may also refer to: * Dawn Adès, British art historian, wife of Timothy * Timothy Adès, British poet, husband of Dawn, son of Thomas See also * Ades (surname) Ades is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jean-Claude Ades (21st century), German electronic music producer * Joe Ades Joseph Ades (; 18 December 1934 – 1 February 2009), also known as the "Gentleman Peeler", was a well- ...

Thomas Adès
Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist 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'' (2007), '' In Seven Days'' (2008), and '' Polaris'' (2010). Biography Adès was born in London to art historian Dawn Adès and poet Timothy Adès. 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 King's College, Cambridge, studying with Alexander Goehr and Robin Holloway. He was made Britten Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 2004 was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex. In 2006, Adès entered a civil partnership, later terminated, with Israeli film ...
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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 Adès was born on 6 May 1943 to A. E. Tylden-Pattenson. She studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1965. She then studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1968. Career Adès has spent the majority of her academic career working at the University of Essex. She was a lecturer from 1971 to 1985, a senior lecturer from 1985 to 1988, and a Reader from 1988 to 1989. She was appointed Professor of Art History and Theory in 1989, and served as head of Department of Art History and Theory between 1989 and 1992. She has since been appointed professor emeritus. For the 2009/2010 academic year, she was the Slade Professor of the History of ...
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Timothy Adès
Timothy Adès (born 1941) is an English poet and translator. Biography Adès was born in Esher, Surrey. He is of Syrian Jewish origin. He was educated as a King's Scholar at Eton College, where he won the Newcastle Scholarship in 1959, at Balliol College, Oxford and at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. He has studied both classics and business. In 1963, during his time at Balliol, he was part of the team that reached the final of the first series of '' University Challenge'', losing to Leicester University. As a translator, he works mainly with French, German and Spanish rhymed poems, translating them into English. His wife is the art historian Professor Dawn Adès, CBE, FBA. Composer Thomas Adès is one of their three sons. Career He is a past winner of the John Dryden Prize with Victor Hugo's ''Moscow, Waterloo, St Helena'' and the TLS Premio Valle-Inclán Prize with ''Homer in Cuernavaca'' by Alfonso Reyes, among other awards. Bibliography * Victor Hugo, ''How to be a Grandf ...
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