Adam Fong (born June 21, 1980) is an American composer, performer and producer active in the San Francisco Bay area. He studied English and Music at

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

earning an M.A. in 2004. He then completed an M.F.A. in media studies at

Cal Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both ...

in 2006 where his teachers included

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and

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Career

He began working with

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for the well known concert organization Other Minds in 2006 where he serves as Associate Director. In addition he co-founded Emerging Arts Professionals, a network for people working in the arts sector in or near San Francisco. He continues to be a part of the Leadership Group of this organization. He is active as a performer with various groups in the bay area.

Center for New Music San Francisco, Inc.

The Center for New Music San Francisco, Inc.was founded in 2012, and is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. The Center was conceived in 2011 by Adam Fong and Brent Miller.

Partial List of Compositions

*Yizkor (2002) for clarinet, piano and cello Premiered May, 2003 at Stanford *String Quartet No. 1 (2003) Premiered May, 2003 at Stanford *Five Times Remembered (for Bill Evans, 2004) for piano and tape Premiered November, 2004 at CalArts “Sounding Out” *Elementary Studies: Waves, Fire, Rain, Sunlight (2004) for two pianos Premiered October, 2004 at CalArts “Sounding Out”; The last section 'Sunlight' was performed by

Dennis Russell Davies Dennis Russell Davies (born April 16, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American conductor and pianist, He is currently the music director and chief conductor of the Brno Philharmonic. Biography Davies studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard Sch ...

and

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in San Francisco on October 16, 2007 *A Moving Wall (2005) for string orchestra Premiered March, 2005 at CalArts “Page One” *State of the Union (2006) for 8 or more performers Premiered September, 2008 at Long Beach Soundwalk *Bracing and Tonic (2007) for Simplified Violin Premiered September, 2008 at the wulf in Los Angeles *5x5 (2008) for 5 contrabasses Premiered April, 2008 at “Salon! You’re ON!” in San Francisco *Hammer Duets (2010) for various instruments Premiered Summer, 2010 at Little William Theater, Hammer Museum in Los Angeles *Goodnight Irene (2011) for electric guitars Premiered February, 2011 at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY *Senescence (2011) for violin and cello Premiered September 25, 2011 SF Classical Voice Review of Navitas concert

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fong, Adam 1980 births American male classical composers American classical composers 21st-century classical composers American radio producers Living people Classical double-bassists American musicians of Chinese descent Stanford University alumni 21st-century American composers 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century American male musicians