Biography
Renowned as both a composer and a performer, Thomas Adès works regularly with the world’s leading orchestras, opera companies and festivals. As a conductor, Thomas appears regularly with the Los Angeles, San Francisco and London Philharmonic orchestras, the Boston, London, BBC, Finnish Radio and City of Birmingham, Symphony Orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouworkest, Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. In opera, in addition to The Exterminating Angel, he has conducted The Rake’s Progress at the Royal Opera House and the Zürich Opera, The Tempest at the Metropolitan Opera and Vienna State Opera, and Gerald Barry’s latest opera Alice’s Adventures Under Ground in Los Angeles (world premiere) and in London (European premiere). In the 2020-21 season Thomas is a featured comp
Musical Works
21Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1997 — Yesterday
Featured past performances
Upcoming performances
49Divine Music - Iestyn Davies countertenor; Joseph Middleton piano, BrittenAdèsDowland, J.Grime, H.Finzi, GeraldFrances-HoadPurcellMuhlyButterworth
Wigmore HallElgar 'enigma Variations', ElgarBrittenAdès
La Monnaie/De MuntGewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons Dirigent, AdèsLutosławskiSibelius
Gewandhaus LeipzigMyth and Magic – Thomas Adès, StravinskyLutosławskiAdès
London Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crew5. Sinfoniekonzert "Märchenmusik", RavelAdèsSaariahoGrieg
Theater PforzheimSymphonie Fantastique, AdèsBerlioz, H.
Jacksonville SymphonySonho E Revolução, DomeniciHaydnCadimaAdès
Theatro Municipal de São PauloOpening Night: A Deal With The Devil, LisztTartiniPaganini, NiccolòStravinsky
La Jolla Music SocietyConductor
View program, cast and crewTakeover @ The Baker-Baum, Coll, F.AdèsFalla
La Jolla Music SocietyConductor + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewDe Vier Jaargetijden, AdèsWaltonVivaldi
Amsterdam SinfoniettaWind tribute to Beethoven, Poulenc and Adès, BeethovenAdèsPoulenc
Royal Danish OperaSøndergård, Josefowicz And Ravel, RavelAdès
Minnesota OrchestraEnigma Variations, AdèsTchaikovsky, P. I.Elgar
San Francisco SymphonyThu19:30
San Francisco, United StatesHolst's The Planets, AdèsSaint-SaënsMatthews, C.Holst
Detroit Symphony OrchestraEnigma Variations, AdèsTchaikovsky, P. I.Elgar
San Francisco SymphonyHolst's The Planets, AdèsSaint-SaënsMatthews, C.Holst
Detroit Symphony OrchestraSat20:00
Detroit, United StatesDie Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen »zurück Zu Den Anfängen«, HaydnAdèsJanáčekIbertTchaikovsky, P. I.
Die Glocke BremenConductor
View program, cast and crewClaire Booth Soprano; Jâms Coleman Piano, Ives, C. E.Ives, C.MartlewGershwinGrovlezPoulencWoolrichSchoenberg, ArnoldAdèsWeill
Wigmore HallIodéa Ou Les Aventures Fabuleuses D’une Goutte D’eau, Williams, GraceAdèsDaniel Temkin
Orchestre National d'Île de FranceCollon & Kuusisto, ThorvaldsdottirSibeliusAdèsLeifsStravinsky
German Symphony Orchestra BerlinAdès Conducts Adès, SibeliusSaariahoAdèsIves, C.
Cleveland OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewThu19:30
Cleveland, United StatesSat19:00
Budapest, HungaryAdès Conducts Adès, SibeliusSaariahoAdèsIves, C.
Cleveland OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewSat20:00
Cleveland, United StatesHolst’s The Planets, AdèsHolst
Toronto Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewSun17:00
Budapest, HungaryThe Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, AdèsMahler
Carnegie HallThomas Ades, DebussyAdèsSimpson, M.Sibelius
Berlin Radio Symphony OrchestraConductor
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Biography
Renowned as both a composer and a performer, Thomas Adès works regularly with the world’s leading orchestras, opera companies and festivals. As a conductor, Thomas appears regularly with the Los Angeles, San Francisco and London Philharmonic orchestras, the Boston, London, BBC, Finnish Radio and City of Birmingham, Symphony Orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouworkest, Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. In opera, in addition to The Exterminating Angel, he has conducted The Rake’s Progress at the Royal Opera House and the Zürich Opera, The Tempest at the Metropolitan Opera and Vienna State Opera, and Gerald Barry’s latest opera Alice’s Adventures Under Ground in Los Angeles (world premiere) and in London (European premiere). In the 2020-21 season Thomas is a featured comp
