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List Of Compositions By Thomas Adès
This is a list of compositions by the composer Thomas Adès sorted by genre, date of composition, title and scoring. References {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Compositions By Thomas Ades Compositions by Thomas Adès, Lists of compositions by composer, Adès, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (opera), The Tempest'' (2004), Violin Concerto (Adès), Violin Concerto (2005), ''Tevot'' (2007), ''In Seven Days'' (2008), and ''Polaris (composition), Polaris'' (2010). Biography Adès was born in London to art historian Dawn Adès and poet Timothy Adès. His surname is of Syrian Jews, Syrian Jewish origin. Adès is gay and identified his sexuality closely with the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in his youth. Adès studied piano with Paul Berkowitz and later musical composition, composition with Robert Saxton at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. After attending University College School, he achieved a First-Class Honours, double starred first in 1992 at King's College, Cambridge, studying with Alexander Goehr and Robin Holloway. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
